Pro shoplifter gets 2 years in prison

YOUNGSTOWN — The Ohio Reformatory for Women has a lot of activities to keep Lavette Boone’s mind off thievery.

The professional shoplifter — her record dates back to 1983 — has been sentenced to two years in prison followed by three years’ supervised release. The sentence was handed down Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court by Judge Maureen A. Sweeney.

Mahoning County court records show most of Boone’s thieving took place at stores in Boardman. She also had a few cases in Austintown, Canfield and Youngstown.

In many cases at sentencing, judges ordered that Boone stay away from the various stores where she was caught stealing.

Boardman Lt. Don Hawkins said Boone’s first arrest in the township took place in 1983. She amassed 43 arrests there over the years, the final three this year.

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