Boardman man pleads guilty to role in robberies

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A man pleaded guilty to his role in a string of robberies across Mahoning County.

Kenneth Hubbard, 37, of Boardman, pleaded guilty Thursday in county common pleas court to the three counts of burglary, four counts of receiving stolen property and one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity on which he was indicted.

Hubbard, along with three others, are accused of committing a string of robberies in Boardman, New Springfield, Youngstown, Petersburg and North Lima.

A grand jury indicted Hubbard along with Steven Timmins, 30, Ronald Shaffer Jr., 24, both with Mahoning County jail listed as their address, and Daniel Dixon Jr., 23, of Silliman Street in April.

Prosecutors will recommend a nine-year prison sentence contingent upon Hubbard cooperating against his co-defendants.

Hubbard received an eight-year prison sentence from a Trumbull County Common Pleas Court judge in November for injuring a 73-year-old woman while stealing her purse.

The nine-year sentence would run concurrent to the Trumbull County sentence.

The others indicted alongside Hubbard in Mahoning County are awaiting resolution of their cases.

Timmins has a trial on 29 charges scheduled for Jan. 22. Judge Maureen A. Sweeney will preside.