Man sentenced to 15 years over $3

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STUART, Fla. (AP) - A 75-year-old man with terminal cancer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, and he never even got his three bucks back.

John Paul Kent had prepaid $40 to gas up his Oldsmobile Delta 88 last summer at a gas station near his Jensen Beach apartment. He became angry when a clerk couldn't open the cash register to give him his $3 in change.

Authorities say Kent left the store and returned with a 9-mm pistol. He then fired five shots into the floor.

That led to a six-hour standoff with deputies outside his apartment, which was located in a retirement community.

Kent pleaded guilty to the shooting and no contest to aggravated assault charges.

Kent's attorney says the shooting and standoff were probably the result of "end-of-life issues and a great deal of anger."


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