EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 39-year-old man, who admitted to manufacturing and selling drugs and repeatedly stealing from neighbors during multiple crime sprees between 2019 and 2024, was sentenced to state prison last week.
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The El Paso District Attorney’s Office made the announcement on Wednesday, Aug. 13, in a news release.
Armando Bejarano. 39, from Socorro, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Aug. 7, to 24 felony offenses in the 168th District Court, according to the DA’s Office.
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Bejarano pleaded guilty to multiple first-degree, second-degree, third-degree, and state jail felonies, including: three counts of manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance, 13 counts of theft of property, two counts of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, two counts of criminal mischief, as well as unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, burglary of a building, abandoning/endangering a child, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, according to the DA’s Office.
Bejarano was sentenced to 15 years in state prison on each of the first and second-degree counts. He also received the maximum 10 years on each third-degree felony charge and the maximum of two years on each of the state jail felonies, according to the DA’s Office.
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The DA’s Office said the sentences will be served concurrently, or at the same time. Bejarano also waived his right to all appeals…