Canfield man pleads guilty to federal charge of insurance fraud conspiracy

CLEVELAND — A Canfield man has been sentenced to five years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to insurance fraud conspiracy.

Joseph P. Amon, 64, drew the sentence today from Judge Donald C. Nugent, of U.S. District Court.

Judge Nugent ordered him to spend the first eight months of his probation on electronically monitored house arrest, with work and medical-release privileges.

Amon was one of four Mahoning Valley men charged in the staged crash of a truck into the Mum’s The Word floral shop in Boardman on Jan. 27, 2010.

The other defendants in the federal indictment were his brother, Paul J. Amon, 56, of Boardman; James J. Landis, 56, of Canfield, who owned the shop; and Thomas V. Franco, 39, of Campbell, who purposely drove the truck through the front of the store.

All defendants pleaded guilty to the insurance fraud conspiracy charge.

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