Man gets 10 years in prison for many break-ins


YOUNGSTOWN — A man who admitted having a $1,200 a day drug addiction was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty as charged to all 16 counts related to a host of break-ins and thefts all over the Youngstown area.

Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the prison time Friday on Bobby Joe Mock, 39, of Mahoning County jail.

Mock was sentenced in connection with the attempted theft of an ATM from St. Elizabeth Health Center and the theft of an ATM from Cornersburg Sparkle Market using an appliance dolly and stolen vehicles.

He was also sentenced for theft of two lawnmowers from Agnew Farm Equipment in Boardman and a break-in at the Dash Inn bar on Mahoning Avenue.

The Agnew break-in was in September 2005 and all the other offenses were committed in July 2007.

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