Jemonte McNeal was charged for the murder of Anthony Bankston at an after-hours party in December 2018. McNeal agreed to a plea agreement and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. McNeal pleaded to an amended charge of involuntary manslaughter and a charge of tampering with evidence by way of a bill of information. Originally, he was charged with two murder charges and a felonious assault charge all with firearm specs. Bankston had a prior altercation with McNeal's family member, leading McNeal to shoot Bankston. The aunt of Bankston spoke in court asking for gun violence to stop.

The defense of a murder suspect has filed a motion to suppress several pieces of evidence. Jemonte McNeal was back in court as his attorney has tried to get a few things ruled as inadmissable. They are questioning the probable cause of the arrest warrant for McNeal. Defense also says statements McNeal made to police while being transported from Columbus to Lima and during police interviews should be thrown out. Finally the defense has questioned the authenticity of a search warrant for a Facebook account and cell phone being used as evidence. Both sides agreed to use multiple other pieces of evidence to determine the admissability of all these pieces. Written arguments will be made before the judges make any decisions.

Prosecution and defense have reached an agreement in a case against a suspect in an after-hours shooting last year in Lima. In Allen County Common Pleas Court, Rasheign Tisdale agreed and signed negotiated plea agreements in two separate cases. Through a bill of information, Tisdale pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm on or near a prohibited premise and carrying a concealed weapon. Four charges of felonious assault from his indictment were dropped. Tisdale was one of the men who took part in an after-hours party shooting at 904 S. Main St. last December.

An Allen County grand jury has indicted a man that allegedly shot and killed a Lima man during an after-hours party. 24-year-old Jemonte McNeal was charged with two counts of murder and one count of felonious assault, all with firearm specifications during a secret indictment. Police believe that McNeal was the one that fired the shot that killed 25-year-old Anthony Bankston at 904 S. Main Street.