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Pat Tillman’s brother sentenced to 5 years for setting fire to San Jose post office
The brother of Pat Tillman, an NFL star turned Army Ranger who died in Afghanistan, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for setting a fire that caused major damage to the Almaden Valley Post Office in San Jose. Richard Tillman, 45, of San Jose, pleaded guilty in February to malicious destruction of […] The post Pat Tillman’s brother sentenced to 5 years for setting fire to San Jose post office appeared first on Local News Matters .
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The brother of Pat Tillman, an NFL star turned Army Ranger who died in Afghanistan, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for setting a fire that caused major damage to the Almaden Valley Post Office in San Jose. Richard Tillman, 45, of San Jose, pleaded guilty in February to malicious destruction of […] The post Pat Tillman’s brother sentenced to 5 years for setting fire to San Jose post office appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s linked item, Pat Tillman’s brother sentenced to 5 years for setting fire to San Jose post office, The brother of Pat Tillman, an NFL star turned Army Ranger who died in Afghanistan, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for setting a fire that caused major damage to the Almaden Valley Post Office in San Jose. Richard Tillman, 45, of San Jose, pleaded guilty in February to malicious destruction of […] The post Pat Tillman’s brother sentenced to 5 years for setting fire to San Jose post office appeared first on Local News Matters .
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