Ohio woman sentenced in in Indiana casino sting

CINCINNATI (AP) — A woman who pleaded guilty to robbing Indiana casino winners has been sentenced to three years in an Ohio prison.

Twenty-six-year-old Amy Hoover was sentenced today in a Cincinnati courtroom. She had pleaded guilty to five aggravated robbery counts in a deal with prosecutors after she and two men were arrested in October in an undercover operation. Hoover, of Cincinnati agreed to testify against co-defendants Ugbe Ojile and Kenyatta Erkins, her ex-boyfriend.

Hamilton County prosecutors say the trio followed patrons of Indiana riverboat casinos to Ohio, robbing them at gunpoint.

A judge found both men guilty of about a dozen charges each including aggravated robbery, robbery and felonious assault. They are to be sentenced Sept 27.

Prosecutors say there were at least two dozen robberies over several months.