Trick or Treat

Posted by Mat-Su editor Joe Ditzler

Posted: May 7, 2008 - 3:18 pm

Kendra Butts pleaded guilty in a Palmer courtroom this afternoon to one count of first-degree robbery.
Butts, 19, is one of two young women from Mat-Su -- Amber Martin, 20, is the other -- charged with robbing eight Halloween trick-or-treaters in downtown Talkeetna last year.
She faces a sentence of seven to 11 years as a first offender, according to state law. She also agreed in court to refrain from seeking a lighter sentence by raising mitigating factors when she's sentenced Aug. 26
In return, the remaining six counts against her of robbery, one of attempted robbery and eight of assault, will be dropped.
Her plea satisfies the state, but she also faces charges in federal court, including illegal weapons possession and obstruction of justice.
Mat-Su reporter T.C. Mitchell will have more in Thursday's edition.

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