19-year-old charged in August's murder of Bond Hill, court documents say

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CINCINNATI (WXIX) – A second person has been charged in connection with an August 2024 murder in Bond Hill.

Jahontae Mills, 19, was indicted Thursday on several charges, including aggravated murder, murder, assault and aggravated robbery, according to court documents.

On August 27 Javione Bradford, 20and Mills allegedly attempted to rob the 26-year-old Aaron Myles.

The attempted robbery led to a shooting and Cincinnati police and paramedics were dispatched to the 1700 block of Garden Lane around 6:40 p.m.

When they arrived, they found Myles in his car suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center but was later pronounced dead.

Johantae Mills, 19, and Javione Bradford, 20, were indicted on several charges, including... — Johantae Mills, 19, and Javione Bradford, 20, were indicted on several charges, including aggravated murder, murder, assault and aggravated robbery.(Hamilton County Justice Center)

Cincinnati police arrested Bradford on murder charges and took Mills in for questioning on October 17.

According to the affidavit, Mills told Cincinnati police detectives: “I sold the phone that was used to set up the robbery that resulted in the death of Aaron Myles to Baby Crow.”

Mills was originally charged with tampering with evidence, but this was dismissed after police discovered it was a false statement.

He is believed to have lied to police to “obstruct discovery” of his involvement in the killing, the affidavit said. He faces an additional charge of failure to comply with police.

Mills and Bradford are currently behind bars at the Hamilton County Justice Center. Mills’ bond was set at $51,000 at 10%, while Bradford’s bond was set at $3.5 million.

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