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Man looks for an escape, after an escape. Back to the pokey

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — A convicted felon has been sent back to prison for his role in robbing a Kearney man of marijuana and money.

reports 24-year old Joshua Lewis, of Grand Island, was sentenced Wednesday in Buffalo County District Court to 15 to 25 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and felony robbery of a Kearney man on Feb. 3.

Lewis’ co-defendant, 20-year-old Jason Warrington, of Kearney, has been convicted of being an accessory to a felony for providing Lewis the gun used in the incident.

Warrington remains at the Buffalo County Jail on a $100,000 bond. He will be sentenced in August.

In 2010 Lewis was convicted of felony assault on a police officer in Hall County and served eight months.

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