Man gets 14 years for robbery
Man gets 14 years for robbery
YOUNGSTOWN
A man who pleaded guilty to robbing the Golden Nugget Internet Cafe, 859 E. Midlothian Blvd., of $1,211 at gunpoint April 4 has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the sentence Monday on Michael L. Herns, 22, of Sunshine Avenue.
After a cafe employee and the fleeing Herns exchanged gunfire, police arrested Herns within minutes in the laundry room of a nearby apartment complex, where they found a handgun in a dresser drawer and the money and cafe receipts in a dryer, said Jeffrey Davis, an assistant county prosecutor. Herns had no prior criminal record.
His sentence consists of three years for the aggravated robbery and three consecutive years for the gun specification.
Erie Diocese picks new school official
Hermitage, pa.
Bishop Lawrence T. Persico of the Diocese of Erie has announced the appointment of the Rev. Michael P. Allison as president of the Shenango Valley Catholic School System effective July 7.
The Shenango Valley School System includes Kennedy Catholic High School, Kennedy Catholic Middle School and Blessed John Paul II Elementary School, all in Hermitage.
Father Allison will succeed the Rev. Marc Stockton. Bishop Persico has appointed Father Stockton to work in the Diocesan Chancery effective July 8, and to attend Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., to begin studies in Canon Law.
Father Stockton has served as president of the school system since 2011.
Road closing
Youngstown
Roger Lindgren Way off Division Street will be closed from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday for the dedication ceremony for the new mill at Vallourec Star.
Closing for festival
Youngstown
East Federal Street between Market and Walnut streets will be closed from noon Friday to 2 a.m. Sunday due to the Simply Slavic festival downtown.
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