PITTSBURGH — An Ohio man who is already convicted has been sentenced for a series of armed pharmacy robberies in Pennsylvania.
The Department of Justice said Abdulrahman Abdelaziz Jamea, 26, was sentenced to 17 and a half years for those robberies on July 31.
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He was found guilty of seven crimes including: one count each of conspiracy to commit armed pharmacy robbery and conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, three counts of armed pharmacy robbery, and two counts of pharmacy robbery.
The robberies happened at pharmacies in Beaver, Bridgeville, Edinboro, Erie, and the Oakland area of Pittsburgh.
Investigators believe Jamea also sold the stolen drugs in Columbus.
He was already sentenced for more than 40 years after he was convicted of felony assault with a firearm in Ohio.
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