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Kidnapper Of 70-Year-Old Paterson Bodega Owner Gets 15 Years Without Parole In Fed Pen Kidnapper Of 70-Year-Old Paterson Bodega Owner Gets 15 Years Without Parole In Fed Pen
Kidnapper Of 70-Year-Old Paterson Bodega Owner Gets 15 Years Without Parole In Fed Pen A Bronx man is headed to federal prison for 15 years without parole for beating and kidnapping a 70-year-old Paterson bodega owner at gunpoint. Maurice Cottman, 42, was sentenced to the plea-bargained term in U.S. District Court in Newark on Tuesday, March 29. Cottman must serve it out because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Surveillance footage showed Cottman and Reginald J. Law bursting into the Easter Grocery and Food Market at 10th Avenue and East 28th Street on Oct. 8, 2020. One grabbed owner Miguel Espejo in a chokehold while the other pointed a gun at him. The trio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FBI: Kidnapped Paterson Bodega Owner Found Bound In Bronx FBI: Kidnapped Paterson Bodega Owner Found Bound In Bronx
FBI: Kidnapped Paterson Bodega Owner Found Bound In Bronx A Paterson bodega owner kidnapped from his store early Thursday was rescued in the Bronx, said authorities who arrested one of his accused abductors. Surveillance video shows one man grabbing Miguel Espejo in a chokehold while the other points a gun as they wrestle in front of the counter, knocking over items, at the Easter Grocery and Food Market at 10th Avenue and East 28th Street early Thursday. Espejo, who was struck in the head, was dragged from the store and shoved into the back of a U-Haul box truck with Arizona license plates that sped off, witnesses told police. The FBI later repo…

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by Jerry DeMarco