Duo sentenced in slaying at check-cashing store
Two D.C. men were sentenced to more than 100 years in prison, combined, for killing the owner of a check-cashing store during a series of armed robberies. Gregory Trotter, 60, was sentenced to more than 58 years behind bars and Ernest Pee Jr., 51, received 47 years on Thursday. On July 17, 2010, the men robbed a check-cashing store in the 2300 block of Benning Road NE, prosecutors said. The owner, Probhjot Singh, 30, was fatally shot after he tried to save a women who had a gun pointed to her head, prosecutors said. The men stole about $40,000 in the robbery.
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