67 years for Md. home invasions
A Beltsville man convicted of attempted murder and other offenses in a string of College Park-area home invasion robberies last year was sentenced to 67 years in prison Wednesday, a spokesman for the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office said.
Leonard S. Riddle, 23, had pleaded guilty in June to a laundry list of charges stemming from three robberies in the College Park area, including one in which he and an accomplice brutally beat an 81-year-old man with one leg, said Ramon Korionoff, a spokesman for Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Glenn Ivey.
The robberies occurred in November and December of last year.
One of Riddle’s victims identified him in a photo array, and Riddle eventually admitted his role in the robberies, Korionoff said in a statement.
Police also received a wrench and crowbar believed to have been used to assault the home invasion victims, he said.
-- Matt Zapotosky
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Washington Post Editors
| September 29, 2010; 5:24 PM ET
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