2 Youngstown men sentenced for multiple armed robberies

YOUNGSTOWN — Melvin Lee Jackson, 18, and Edgar Ramirez, 22, both of Youngstown, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Benita Y. Pearson after they each pleaded guilty to committing a string of armed robberies at several locations in the Youngstown, Struthers and Boardman areas.

Jackson was sentenced to 192 months in prison and required to pay $7,870.99 in restitution. Ramirez was sentenced to 228 months in prison and ordered to pay $4,787.62 in restitution.

"Both of these men will now spend almost two decades behind bars for their actions that terrorized a community," U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman said in a news release. "The length of these sentences should show that pointing a gun at the head of innocent people simply trying to do their job and demanding money will put you in jail for a very long time."

From Dec. 17 to Dec. 21, 2019, Jackson and Ramirez committed a series of armed robberies at a Speedway in Boardman, a Subway in Youngstown and a Kwik Fill in Struthers. During each robbery, Ramirez and Jackson held store employees at gunpoint, threatened violence and demanded money, the release states.