A Lorain man released on bond after being suspected of killing a 50-year-old man is having his bond revoked in light of a new felony charge. Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge Mark Betleski revoked the $10,000 personal bond of Marquaine McLemore, 20, of Lorain, on Oct. 28. Betleski originally ordered McLemore to report to the Court Supervised Release Program and released him on a $10,000 personal bond back in September 2013. McLemore’s bond was revoked Oct. 28 when CSR officials informed the court that McLemore was arrested Oct. 24 by Lorain police on charges of felonious assault and weapons under disability involving the discharge of a firearm. He is being held in the Lorain City Jail and is scheduled to appear in court for a pre-trial on his new charges Nov. 17. McLemore was previously indicted in 2011 in connection with the death of Kevin Calhoun, who died from a single gunshot wound on May 3, 2011, according to information from Lorain County Common Pleas Court. McLemore, who was a minor at the time of the shooting, was indicted on two counts of murder and two counts having weapons while under disability. He also was indicted on one count of tampering with evidence and one count of felonious assault with firearm specifications attached to his charges. According to a police report, on May 3, a police officer heard three gunshots around 12:28 p.m. and sped to the area where Calhoun’s body was found lying in front of a West 17th Street home. McLemore was arrested by police minutes later after he was found walking a few blocks southwest of the crime scene. Police recovered the gun used in the murder. McLemore’s lengthy juvenile record includes felony counts of assaulting a juvenile corrections officer in the county detention home and possession of cocaine on Sept. 23, 2010, and possession of crack cocaine on July 24, 2009. His case was immediately bound over from juvenile court to the adult court because of the murder charges, Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will said previously. Lorain police officials previously said the murder was a result of a drug deal gone wrong.
Michael Duff, McLemore’s then-defense attorney, argued that the shooting was in self-defense and expressed that he was ‘disappointed’ that McLemore was charged with murder instead of manslaughter. An appeal by the state is pending after McLemore’s motion to suppress was granted by Betleski back in July. McLemore is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 3, 2015, in regards to the 2011 shooting.
