04-10-2016 18:00 via dispatch.com

Man sentenced to five years in prison for robbing COTA driver

A 32-year-old man was "out of his mind" on methamphetamine and cocaine when he dragged a COTA driver off a bus while stealing her purse, his attorney said Tuesday. Ijuan Greathouse, of Bodman Drive on the North Side, stole the purse to feed his drug addiction, Mark C. Collins told a Franklin County judge. Greathouse was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of robbery. The sentence, imposed by Common Pleas Judge Mark Serrott, was recommended by Collins and Assistan
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