BRIEFLY 2 MEN GET PRISON IN SLAYING CASE.LANCASTER Lancaster, city, EnglandLancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Two men were sentenced Friday to prison for the gruesome grue·some adj. Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking: a gruesome murder. See Synonyms at ghastly. gang-related slaying of a young Lancaster man who was strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. and set on fire beside a dirt road dirt road n (US) → camino sin firme dirt road n → chemin non macadamisé or non revêtu dirt road dirt n . Aaron Sobalvarro, 25, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the August 2002 slaying of 22-year-old Carlos Ochoa Carlos Augusto Ochoa Mendoza (born March 5, 1978 in Apatzingán, Michoacán) is a Mexican footballer, who currently plays for Monterrey. He started his acreer as a substitute for Necaxa, but rose to fame for playing with UANL Tigres, where he reached the final. , was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Dewayne Strong, 22, who was found guilty of second-degree murder, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. The sentencing for Sobalvarro's cousin, Diego Sobalvarro, who was convicted of first-degree murder, was postponed until next month. Ochoa's father and sister spoke before the court, describing the victim as a good brother and father to two young children, and the pain and grief the defendants have inflicted upon the family, prosecutors said. A fourth defendant, Nicolas Koufos, 22, was convicted Feb. 17 of first- degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Prosecutors believe the killing was over a drug deal. - Daily News |
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