Man Convicted In Boxing Day Shooting Handed Life Sentence

By News Staff

Posted April 24, 2009 12:49 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Although he was a youth on Boxing Day 2005 when the incident occurred, Jorrell Simpson-Rowe was sentenced as an adult Friday and his name released to the public.

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