Man sentenced for sending stolen car to Africa

BALTIMORE (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to a role in a plot to ship stolen vehicles to west African countries has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Fifty-three-year-old Eric Olaniyan of Laurel was also ordered to pay $65,000 in restitution at sentencing Monday in federal court in Baltimore. Prosecutors say Olaniyan, a citizen of Nigeria who is in the United States illegally, will face deportation proceedings after he completes his sentence.