YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A man who pleaded guilty to bilking a woman out of $23,00 0 was sentenced Thursday to five years probation in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
Read next: When East Palestine residents can expect personal injury payments — and how much they may get
David Shaffer, 50, of Mineral Ridge, received the sentence from Judge Maureen Sweeney after pleading guilty May 21 to a charge of theft of a person in a protected class, a third-degree felony.
Shaffer was not at the sentencing because of health issues.
He was charged after an elderly woman made a report in June 2023 with Boardman police saying that she used a roofing company Shaffer worked for in 2022…