STAMFORD, Connecticut (AP) — A third man has pleaded guilty in the kidnapping of one of America’s wealthiest men.<\/p>\n
Lorenzo Jones, 18, of New Haven, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree kidnapping with a firearm and first-degree robbery in the Jan. 10 abduction of Edward Lampert from a Greenwich parking garage.<\/p>\n
Jones was sentenced to 13 years in prison in a plea deal, the Greenwich Time reported in Wednesday editions.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said Lampert, chairman of the hedge fund ESL Investments, was held in a hotel room, handcuffed and blindfolded, then released the next day.<\/p>\n
Three other defendants were charged in federal court; Jones had been sent to state court because of his age.<\/p>\n
Shemone Gordon, 23, pleaded guilty to six felony counts related to the kidnapping and a Dec. 24 robbery of a UPS driver. Authorities say the kidnappers had planned to use the stolen UPS uniform in the abduction.<\/p>\n
Devon Harris, 19, pleaded guilty to a charge that he took one of Lampert’s credit cards.<\/p>\n
Renaldo Rose, 23, who police say planned the abduction, has pleaded innocent to federal charges and was ordered held without bail until his trial.<\/p>\n
Lampert is worth an estimated $800 million and is No. 288 on the Forbes list of wealthiest Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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