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Man sentenced to 12 years for robbing elderly woman

Updated: January 4, 2013
RANTOUL -- A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Michael Wilkins broke into a 93-year-old woman's home, punched her in the face and stole a TV and cash.

That happened in 2011.

Wilkins was on probation for burglary when he was arrested.

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