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Prison Sentence in Wilkes-Barre Amber Alert Case

WILKES-BARRE — It’s 10 to 20 years in prison for a man from Wilkes-Barre arrested following a state-wide Amber Alert. Walter Lewis, 22, of Wilkes-Ba...
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WILKES-BARRE -- It's 10 to 20 years in prison for a man from Wilkes-Barre arrested following a state-wide Amber Alert.

Walter Lewis, 22, of Wilkes-Barre was sentenced Friday.

In April, he pleaded guilty to nearly a dozen charges including making terroristic threats, simple assault, illegal firearm possession, and fleeing police.

An Amber Alert was issued last summer after Lewis took off with his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend. Both were found in Wilkes-Barre less than 24 hours later.

A kidnapping charge was withdrawn because prosecutors said the girl refused to testify.

Lewis was also ordered to have no contact with the girl.

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