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Wednesday, July 30, 2003

A 17-year-old boy from the Leech Lake Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota pleaded guilty on tuesday to robbing, kidnapping and beating a man last October.

Kenneth Conger Jr. and two others from the reservation were charged with the crime. A second defendant, Leah Harper-Jenkins, 20, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. The third, Stephanie Losh, 21, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and has yet to be sentenced.

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Relevant Links:
Leech Lake Ojibwe - http://www.leechlakeojibwe.org

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