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Young home invader gets four years in prison
YOUNGSTOWN
The last defendant in a Struthers home invasion has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Marc L. Cooper, 20, of Deer Creek Drive, Struthers, who earlier had pleaded guilty to felonious assault with a firearm specification and burglary, drew the sentence Wednesday from Judge Shirley J. Christian of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
The invasion occurred April 10 at an Oakland Boulevard residence. Three men took 17 guns and the homeowner’s prescription medication. The homeowner suffered head injuries and a stab wound to his left arm.
Another defendant, Timothy Conzett, 25, of Snyder Avenue, Struthers, who had pleaded guilty to the same charges in the April 10 incident and to three counts of felonious assault in a Feb. 21 shootout, in which nobody was hurt, drew an 11-year prison term Tuesday.
A third home-invasion defendant, Colin Anzevino, 21, also of Snyder Avenue, pleaded guilty Sept. 14 to aggravated burglary with a firearm specification. Anzevino, however, hanged himself in the county jail Oct. 4 while awaiting sentencing.
“You should be put away for a long time so you won’t hurt anyone else,” the victim told Cooper.
Cooper, who has no prior criminal convictions, said his actions were “out of character” and an embarrassment to himself and his family, and he apologized to the victim.
“You are young. You have shown that you are redeemable,” Judge Christian told Cooper. “I have a belief that you can be returned to being a productive member of society. Don’t prove me wrong.”
Cooper’s sentence is not appealable because the prosecution and defense agreed on it and the judge adopted it.
Cooper will be on probation for three years after his prison term.