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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A woman convicted of ordering her daughter&#8217;s boyfriend to rob an area American Legion under threat of being kicked out of her home was sentenced Tuesday to 11 to 23 months behind bars on conspiracy charges.</p><p>Deborah Ann Davis, 42, of Plains Township, was accused of conspiring with Dalton Plath to rob the American Legion in Plains Township as well as KJ&#8217;s Pickle Barrel in Edwardsville in 2015. She pleaded guilty in December to two counts of conspiracy to commit robbery.</p><p>Plath, 19, of Larksville, was sentenced Jan. 3 to 27 to 60 months behind bars.</p><p>Plath, who lived at Davis&#8217; Plains Township home and dated her daughter, said Davis used to work at the American Legion and pressured him to rob it or he&#8217;d be booted from her home, police said.</p><p>Davis drove Plath to the American Legion and flashed her high beams to let him know the main corridor was clear. Plath then returned to Davis&#8217; residence with the money, where Davis told him, &#8220;now I can pay rent,&#8221; police said.</p><p>Davis will serve two years probation following her prison term. She was ordered to have no contact with Plath.</p><p>Luzerne County Judge Fred A. Pierantoni III remanded her to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility following the hearing.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Plains Township woman who conspired with daughter’s boyfriend in robberies sentenced