Robber and shooter gets 18 years

YOUNGSTOWN — A 19-year-old Jacobs Road man has been sent to prison for 18 years for his role in a robbery and shooting that left one man dead and another wounded.

Alonzo Thigpen drew 10 years for complicity to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Ralph Miller, 53, of East Wood Street, five years for the attempted murder of Charles Glenn, 44, of Glenwood Avenue, who was shot in the face, and three years for using a firearm, for a total of 18 years. Two five-year aggravated robbery terms are to be served simultaneously with sentences on the other charges. Thigpen will get credit for the 534 days he’s already been jailed.

Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court sentenced Thigpen today.

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