Puerto Rican takes plea deal in 1983 Conn. robbery

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — One of the last defendants in the 1983 robbery of $7 million from an armored car depot pleaded guilty Friday to his role in the record-setting heist, accepting a deal that calls for him to serve five years in prison.

Norberto Gonzalez Claudio, who was captured by the FBI last year in Puerto Rico, had been one of two remaining fugitives in the crime carried out by Los Macheteros, a militant group dedicated to independence for the U.S. Caribbean territory.