NATION IN BRIEF : COLORADO : Booby Trap Killing Doesn’t Bring Jail
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Denver man who was beset by burglaries and rigged a shotgun booby trap that killed an intruder in his warehouse will get a deferred sentence for reckless manslaughter under a plea bargain, Dist. Atty. Norm Early said. If a judge approves the deal, Philip Connaghan, 46, will spend no time in jail and his record will be cleared if he has no further run-ins with the law, Early said.
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