John Drummond Jr

John Drummond Jr., 26, was sentenced to death in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. He was convicted last week of killing 3-month-old Jiyen C. Dent Jr., in the living room of his family's home on March 2003. Ten shots from an assault rifle were fired into the house from across the street. One of the shots struck the baby in the head. The boy's parents, LaToya Butler and Jiyen C. Dent Sr., also were home, but were not shot. Judge Cronin adjourned to her chambers to review the evidence from Drummond's trial, then returned to the bench and affirmed the jury's recommendation. Besides the death sentence for killing the baby, Drummond was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison for the attempted murders and felonious assaults on Butler and Dent, 8 years in prison for firing a weapon into a house, and 3 years for using a firearm.