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Merritt Sentenced

Updated: January 7, 2009
Gerald Merritt will spend 2 years behind bars for not telling police he saw a murder. He was sentenced today in Piatt County. Merritt faced murder charges in the death of John Tash back in May, but they were dropped. Another man, Jerry Henderson

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