Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Teen gets 17 years in store clerk's killing
A teen has pleaded guilty to armed robbery in the fatal stabbing of Vatsala Thakkar, a store clerk in Hanover Park. Thakkar, 56, was killed in November Seneca Berry, 16, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison by DuPage County Circuit Court Judge John Kinsella
As part of a plea deal, prosecutors have dropped murder charges against Berry, who has agreed to testify against two other accomplices, Dewaun Tate, 17, and Jerry Lockhart, 40 State law requires Berry to serve 85 percent of his sentence before he can be deemed eligible for parole
Tate and Lockhart have been charged with murder and armed robbery in the killing of Thakkar, who was found stabbed in the back multiple times in a strip mall parking lot on the 5600 block of Arlington Drive East.
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As part of a plea deal, prosecutors have dropped murder charges against Berry, who has agreed to testify against two other accomplices, Dewaun Tate, 17, and Jerry Lockhart, 40 State law requires Berry to serve 85 percent of his sentence before he can be deemed eligible for parole
Tate and Lockhart have been charged with murder and armed robbery in the killing of Thakkar, who was found stabbed in the back multiple times in a strip mall parking lot on the 5600 block of Arlington Drive East.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: 17 years in prison, armed robbery, court judge, murder and armed robbery, murder charges, prison, state law
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