THE Lost Boyz member RONALD 'SPIGG NICE' BLACKWELL has been sentenced to 37 years for a bank robbery spree in New Jersey.

US Attorney CHRISTOPHER J CHRISTIE branded the string of robberies - which was administered with three other accomplices - one of the most violent in recent New Jersey history.

A jury found that between December 2000 and April 2002, the four defendants committed 10 bank robberies throughout Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties.

Blackwell must serve the 37 years in a federal prison and was ordered to pay $994,478 (GBP584,987) in joint restitution with his three co-defendants, who were sentenced on in October (03).

27/01/2004 09:21