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Ironwood man gets 4 months jail in larceny case

BESSEMER — An Ironwood man received the potential for a second chance in Gogebic County Circuit Court when he was sentenced on a larceny charge Thursday.

Ira Asher Wilson-Johnson, 19, pleaded guilty to the five-year felony, larceny from a motor vehicle, as part of a plea deal he made with the Gogebic County prosecutor’s office in March.

On Thursday, Wilson-Johnson was sentenced to four months in jail for the larceny charge, however Circuit Judge Michael Pope agreed to grant him Holmes Youthful Trainee Act designation.

The designation is applicable to those between 17 and 21 with no prior felon...