Youngstown gang member gets four-year prison term

YOUNGSTOWN — A 20-year-old West Ravenwood Avenue man, who pleaded guilty to robbery and participating in a criminal gang, has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the sentence today on O’Keefe Brown, a member of the H-Block gang.

The H stands for Hilton Avenue on the city’s South Side, said Martin P. Desmond, an assistant county prosecutor.

The robbery charge pertains to a 16-year-old, who was jumped and robbed after leaving a school bus at South and Avondale avenues Nov. 19, 2011, Desmond said.

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