A Cape Girardeau man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for his part in an armed robbery at Kentucky Fried Chicken in July 2005.
Jimmy L. Walker, 30, was on the lam for seven months before he was finally arrested in Charleston, Mo. in April on charges of first-degree armed robbery and armed criminal action.
On June 5, Circuit Judge William L. Syler Jr. sentenced Walker to 15 years in prison for helping plan the robbery, during which more than $2,000 was stolen from KFC.
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