UTICA (AP) -- Federal authorities say three men have been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty for their roles in a drug robbery and killing in northern New York.
They say the men were among a group of seven who conspired to rob Daniel Simonds of cash and a large quantity of Canadian-grown marijuana in May 2008. Simonds was fatally shot during a struggle at his home in the St. Lawrence County town of Stockholm.
Prosecutors say Thursday that 28-year-old Brian Latulipe of Bombay has been sentenced to 14 years in prison; 29-year-old Kaientanoron Swamp of Snye, Quebec, was sentenced to 12 years and seven months; and Bryan Herne of Hogansburg was sentenced to 11 years and three months.
Two of the other men are in prison, with two more awaiting sentencing.
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