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TAMPA - A Wimauma 15-year-old was sentenced to 15 life sentences today for his part in the robbery, abduction and rape of two Apollo Beach waitresses in August 2008. Circuit Judge Chet A. Tharpe meted out one life sentence for each year of Jose Walle's age, saying he had no intention of the teen ever leaving prison. "This is one of the most disturbing cases I have ever come across," Tharpe said while passing sentence. He said it didn't matter that Walle was only 13 when he held a gun on the women during the attack. Walle and two men...

LAREDO, TX—Rigoberto Torres-Gomez, a native of El Salvador illegally in the United States, has pleaded guilty to assaulting a Border Patrol (BP) agent, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. Torres-Gomez, 29, entered his guilty plea today before United States District Court Judge Micaela Alvarez. On Feb. 15, 2009, two BP agents were on foot inside the Triple S Ranch near mile-marker 35, north of Laredo searching for illegal aliens. The agents then received information that a group of illegal aliens were heading east toward IH-35. Both agents jumped the fence and began running east toward IH-35 to apprehend the...