The Herald, Sharon, Pa.

Local News

June 5, 2009

UPDATE: Robbery, assault net man up to 15 years behind bars

By Matt Snyder

SHARON — A former Sharon man who fractured a Sharpsville man’s face and stole $900 from him fumed briefly over being sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison.

Michael D. Bagnall, 25, formerly of 215 Malleable St., swore when he described his sentence to his family as sheriff’s deputies led out of Mercer County Common Pleas Judge Thomas R. Dobson’s courtroom.

Because he used a gun during a felony, Bagnall had to deal with a mandatory minimum sentence and Dobson said he considered the injuries to the 20-year-old robbery victim when he sentenced Bagnall on the high end of the guidelines. Bagnall will serve 4è to 15 years.

Sharon police said Bagnall hit the man with a handgun the afternoon of Sept. 15 and robbed him and a friend in the 300 block of Malleable Street. Others were involved in the robbery, but police have not charged anyone else.

Police said either Bagnall or a partner ordered the Sharpsville man to remove his pants, and they took $900, a cell phone and a necklace from the pockets. The friend had a gun pointed in his face and had to empty his pockets, but was not hurt, police said.

The injured man was treated at Sharon Regional Health System and transferred to St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, with two facial fractures, police said.

Bagnall was ordered to pay $1,133 to the victim and $8,851 restitution to the state victims’ compensation fund. He received 136 days’ credit for time he’s already served.

Bagnall’s attorney argued that his client had been abusing drugs and alcohol at the time of the crime.

Apologizing for his acts, Bagnall said substance abuse had affected his decisions. “It made me a person that I am not.”

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