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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Apr 14, 2014, 03:57 PM Apr 2014

NY Con Man Sentenced To Life For Plotting To Behead Judge, Prosecutor

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A con man already imprisoned in a collectible coin scam has been sentenced to life in prison for a failed plot to decapitate a New York judge and prosecutor.

Another judge in Brooklyn imposed the sentence Monday against Joseph Romano.

Before hearing his fate, Romano told the judge he was innocent. He said he was framed by federal agents to keep him from exposing misconduct in the coin fraud investigation.

Romano was convicted in January in the decapitation plot.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/04/14/ny-con-man-sentenced-to-life-for-plotting-to-behead-judge-prosecutor/

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