Man sentenced for 2006 carjacking

Man sentenced for 2006 carjacking

YOUNGSTOWN — A man with previous murder and robbery convictions will serve 17 years in prison for assaulting and carjacking a 78-year-old Austintown woman at the Cornersburg Giant Eagle last fall.

Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the sentence today on Arthur G. Williams, 50, of Summer Street, who pleaded guilty in June to aggravated robbery, felonious assault and failure to comply with a police order.

“I think the public needs to be afraid of you,” Judge Durkin told Williams, who apologized in court for his actions. “I must ensure, Mr. Williams, that, when you get out of prison at the age of 67, that you are not capable of harming anybody else,” the judge added.

Judge Durkin sentenced Williams to consecutive prison terms of nine years for aggravated robbery, seven years for felonious assault and one year for failure to comply.

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