Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“A man who scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and used beer bottles filled with gasoline to ignite the occupied Pennsylvania governor’s mansion pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted murder and other charges,” the AP reports.
Under a plea deal, the man was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison.
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