2 robbers, 1 burglar sentenced for crimes in Hubbard, Warren

WARREN -- Three men were sentenced to prison Thursday for robberies and a burglary in Hubbard and Warren.
Frank M. Hall III, 45, of 815 Ravine Drive, Youngstown, was sentenced to seven years in Lorain Correctional Institute for his plea agreement to aggravated robbery of a clerk at the Circle K store in Hubbard on Sept. 19.
Hubbard police officer Michael Pieton was watching the store at the time of the robbery and saw Hall running across the street and received information about the robbery on his police radio, said Chris Becker, assistant Trumbull County prosecutor.
A chase ensued, and Hall was arrested a short time later with $35 cash and five lighters he had stolen from the store. Hall had a loaded 12-gauge shotgun in his vehicle but did not use it during the robbery, Becker said.
Another case
Mario Mostella, 36, of 303 2nd St., Warren, was sentenced to six years in Lorain Correctional Institute for a June 19, 2004, robbery of a man at 338 Tod Ave., Warren. He pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery.
Mostella approached the man, who was working in his garage, took a crow bar and money from him and hit him with the crow bar, Becker said.
Burglary
Larry Pankey Jr., 24, of 6476 Poplar Ave., Hubbard, was sentenced to three years in Lorain Correctional Institute after pleading guilty to a burglary charge. He was convicted of burglarizing a house at 360 West Liberty St., Hubbard, owned by John Kroner, on Sept. 21.
The sentencings were in the Trumbull County Common Pleas courtroom of Judge John Stuard.