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Sanchez Gets Ten For Kidnapping
posted (July 3, 2013)
34 year-old Derrick Sanchez will spend 10 years in prison for kidnapping, that's what Justice Adolph Lucas ruled yesterday at his sentencing hearing.

Sanchez chose to remain silent during the mitigation section of the hearing, but he called his 2 sisters to speak on his behalf.

They asked for leniency, and after considering their comments, and the fact that he has 7 convictions for crimes of dishonesty, Justice Lucas handed down his ruling.

He is currently, serving a 5 year sentence for burglary, so Justice Lucas ordered that he will serve an additional 10 years for the kidnapping, which will run consecutively. As a result, he will serve a total of 15 years in jail.

As we reported, he was convicted last week of abducting a taxi driver. Tour Guide Rodrick Williams testified that on July 20, 2011 Sanchez kidnapped him after he and another man stopped his taxi pretending to be customers.

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