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Suspect In Slaying Of Zansefield Man Gets Life In Prison

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published August 3, 2017 at 5:27 AM EDT
Logan County Sheriff's Office

The Lima man convicted for his role in a November robbery and shooting in Logan County has been sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Zacharia Huddleston is one of five people who broke into the Zanesfield home of 45-year-old Jeffrey Brentlinger and killed him on Thanksgiving Day. The trigger man, 22-year-old Marquevous Watkins, was previously senetenced to life in prison. Cases against the other alleged accomplices are pending.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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