Man gets 31 years in prison for robbing Ind. casino winners

CINCINNATI (AP) — One of two men found guilty of multiple charges of robbing Indiana casino winners has been sentenced to 31 years in prison in Ohio.

A Hamilton County prosecutor’s spokeswoman says 36-year-old Kenyatta Erkins was sentenced today.

Erkins was arrested with another man and a woman last October in an undercover operation. Prosecutors say they followed riverboat casino patrons back to Ohio from neighboring Indiana and robbed them at gunpoint.

There were at least a dozen robberies over several months.

Erkins was found guilty of nearly a dozen charges including aggravated robbery, conspiracy to robbery, robbery and felonious assault.

Sentencing was postponed for the other man. Ugbe Ojile, 34, is in the hospital. The reason was not released.