Man gets locked up for at least 6 months over $1 robbery

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21-Year-Old Man Gets Sentenced For $1.00 Armed Robbery
21-Year-Old Man Gets Sentenced For $1.00 Armed Robbery


A West Virginia man initially sentenced to 15 years for a $1 robbery will now spend at least six months in a youth offenders facility, authorities said.

John Chafin, 21, must serve six months to two years at the Anthony Center after a judge overturned an earlier sentence of 15 years in prison.

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Chafin agreed to a Kennedy plea, which allows him to enter a plea without admitting guilt, The Herald Dispatch reported.

He was arrested in January after allegedly brandishing a gun at a man and telling him to empty his wallet.

The wallet contained $1.

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