Staff photo / Ed Runyan
Eugena Russo, left, cries as she apologizes Wednesday to the loss prevention officer from the Boardman Kohlâs store. Russo got a sentence of two to three years in prison for pepper spraying the loss prevention officer after the officer confronted her in the parking lot about items she had stolen from the store. At right is her attorney, Bradley Olsen.
YOUNGSTOWN — Eugena M. Russo, 38, of Randolph Street, New Castle, Pa., pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbery for shooting pepper spray into the eyes of a store loss prevention officer in order to get away.
Judge Anthony Donofrio sentenced her to two to three years in prison.