A North Jackson man is going to prison for his part in a conspiracy to get explosives that he and two other Valley men planned to use to blast their way into safes at jewelry stores and coin shops in the Valley.

Robert Courtney Jr. 45, along with Frank Susany, Jr., 52, of Boardman, and James Quinn, 51, of Youngstown pleaded guilty in April to federal charges of receiving and transporting explosive materials.

On Thursday, a federal judge sentenced Courtney to ten months in prison. The judge gave Courtney credit for time served.

Investigators say that in 2013, Susany, Courtney and Quinn would burglarize jewelry stores and coin stores, then sell the stolen goods to buy explosives which they planned to use to break into safes at other jewelry stores and coin shops in the Youngstown area.

Prosecutors say Susany met with a confidential source working for the FBI and recruited the source to buy plastic explosives.

Investigators say plans to use the explosives at Valley businesses never materialized, however, Susany allegedly broke into a store in Westlake, Ohio.

As part of the plea agreement, the court dropped a charge filed in connection Susany's alleged use of a device to jam cellular telephone communications and disable a coin store’s alarm system.

The two other defendants will be sentenced on July 20.