Lorain gang members sentenced to prison - morningjournal.com: "Bohannon Miller, 20, was sentenced to eight years in prison for participating in a criminal gang. He was acquitted of complicity to felonious assault.

Avery Taylor, 22, will serve 15 years behind bars for participating in a criminal gang, receiving stolen property and felonious assault. The men were sentenced by Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge James Miraldi. They were arrested as part of a gang sweep in February that netted more than 17 suspects

Taylor and Bohannon received the maximum prison terms allowed.

“I think the sentence was way too harsh because he didn’t do anything wrong,” Miller’s defense attorney Patrick Farrell said. Farrell argued in the jury trial, in early September, that his client was not part of a gang. Farrell said there will be an appeal. During the trial, the police and prosecutors were “targeting” Lorain men and women based on witnesses lacking in credibility and lackluster evidence, he said."