Boardman man gets 2-year prison term for robbery, firearm violation

YOUNGSTOWN — A city man will spend time in prison for threatening the mother of his child and others with a firearm during an argument earlier this year.

Gregory Croom, 24, of Applecrest Court, Boardman, appeared for sentencing today before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. He previously had pleaded guilty to robbery and illegal possession of a firearm.

Croom initially was charged with illegal possession of a weapon, robbery and aggravated robbery, but the aggravated robbery charge was dropped under the plea agreement.

J. Michael Thompson, an assistant county prosecutor, and Atty. James Gentile, representing Gentile, agreed upon a two-year sentence in exchange for the plea agreement.

Judge Krichbaum sentenced Croom to two years on each of the two charges. He will serve the sentences concurrently as well as placed on three years’ probation upon his release. Croom will be given credit for the 146 days he has spent in the county jail.

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