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ā€¢ Man Sentenced To 33 Years For Armed Robbery At Tobacco Store In Lombard (patch.com) ā€” A Chicago man has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for his role in a 2022 armed robbery at a Roosevelt Road tobacco shop in Lombard, where the owner and clerk were assaulted and robbed. During the incident, an accomplice shot a responding officer in the leg before being fatally shot, and prosecutors say the sentence underscores consequences for violent attacks on police.
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