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A Manhattan judge sentenced 32-year-old Justin Torres to 20 years in state prison Friday for a gunpoint home invasion that terrorized a 56-year-old woman and her 5-year-old grandson in their Central Harlem apartment, while his co-defendant, who pleaded guilty rather than face trial, is serving just 4½ years for the same crime.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
announced the sentence, saying Torres and 35-year-old Joshua Gomez armed themselves to carry out a targeted attack on a woman and her grandchild, a crime he said undermined the victims’ sense of security in their own home. The robbery unfolded around 12:30 a.m. on…
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