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Man sentenced on robbery, gun charges
By Joe Gorman
YOUNGSTOWN
A man being sentenced to 41/2 years in prison Wednesday told Judge R. Scott Krichbaum he hopes he can use that time to better himself.
Quentin Boone, 20, was sentenced after pleading guilty in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to charges of aggravated robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
He was sentenced to three years on the aggravated-robbery charge for robbing a man who was selling hats, taking some hats behind a home on Brookwood Avenue on Jan. 16, after they got off a bus.
A few weeks before that, he was caught by police dumping a gun behind a trash container, said Assistant Prosecutor Nick Brevetta, which led to the firearm charge. He is not allowed to carry a firearm because of a previous conviction in juvenile court for felonious assault.
Boone’s attorney, Lou DeFabio, told Judge Krichbaum that his client was truthful to police about the robbery, but he did not use a gun during the robbery. DeFabio also said that Boone’s mother has been in and out of prison several times.
“He’s been raised by his aunts, basically,” DeFabio said.
Vindicator files also show his brother, Marvin Boone, 19, was one of four people shot to death in January 2007 inside a home on West Evergreen Avenue on the South Side. That case has never been solved.
Boone also was shot in the head last year, and he has some speech problems, DeFabio said.
“He has a difficult time forming his thoughts at times,” DeFabio said.
Boone also apologized.
“I’m sorry for what I’ve done,” Boone said. “When I go to prison, I’m going to make something of myself.”
Judge Krichbaum said he hopes Boone sticks to that promise. He said although 41/2 years is a long time, he could have received a longer sentence but did not because of his youth and the hope he can turn his life around.
Judge Krichbaum said others have gone to prison and used the time to better themselves when they come out.