Nine people were charged Monday for allegedly participating in a large disturbance that involved hundreds of people at the Swayne Field parking lot, according to documents filed in Toledo Municipal Court.
Separately, one person was shot in the vicinity of a Valero gas station at Monroe Street and Auburn Avenue at approximately 2:35 a.m. Tuesday while police reported more than 100 vehicles that had gathered at that location, and then reported to be leaving and moving to the Swayne Field parking lot.
While police were responding to the report of the shooting, they learned that a person with a gunshot wound to the foot had been dropped off at ProMedica Toledo Hospital.
Victim John Carter was extremely uncooperative with detectives and hospital staff, according to Toledo police. He refused to give information or answer questions about the incident. He suffered a superficial foot wound that did not require treatment, police said.
Arrested were Alanda Y. Coachman, 30, of the 5500 block of Lewis Avenue; Ashley M. Gray, 32, of the 900 block of Keill Road; Nina Madrid, 33, of the 1800 block of Norwood Avenue; Jastassia J. James, 35, of the 1200 block of Hiddenwood Court; Darryl Robinson, 21, of the 2200 block of Whitney Avenue; Rashad D. Smith, 25, of the 1300 block of East Manhattan Boulevard; Robin L. Robinson Jr., 28, of the 2200 block of Whitney Street; Lakesha L. Jones, 39, of the 1200 block of Fernwood Avenue; and Andre Jones, 35, of the 1200 block of Fernwood Avenue.
Each was charged with a first-degree misdemeanor offense of riot near Monroe Street and Detroit Avenue. A juvenile also was arrested, police said.
Each defendant was observed by police around 2 a.m. Monday leaving the Swayne Field Shopping Center, a long-ago former home of the Toledo Mud Hens, according to an affidavit filed in Toledo Municipal Court.
Approximately 700 people with 300 to 500 vehicles were loitering, trespassing, and causing a disorder, police said. Police received several 911 calls of people fighting, individuals with guns, and gunfire, court records show. Several vehicles also blocked the street.
The defendants were arrested and booked in the Lucas County jail prior to being released on their own recognizance, with court appearances scheduled for Wednesday.
First Published May 26, 2020, 12:11 p.m.
