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Suspect in 1989 Philadelphia killing nabbed in Massachusetts

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A New York man will spend life in prison for shooting a central Pennsylvania jewelry store owner during a 2012 robbery. Forty-one-year-old Jesse Brewer, of Queens, New York, was sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge in Harrisburg. He had previously pleaded guilty to robbery and firearms charges in the July 2012 heist at White Jewelers in the St. Charles Way Center in York Township. Brewer and two others stole 53 Rolex watches worth more than $500,000. Brewer shot 57-year-old store owner John White in the abdomen, chest and left arm, but he survived. Forty-two-year-old Jamell Smallwood, of Allentown, was wounded by one of his fellow robbers and is serving 17 years in federal prison for his role. Thirty-four-year-old Timothy Forbes, also of Allentown, has also pleaded guilty and will be sentenced March 23.

New York man gets life for shooting Pennsylvania jeweler