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Friday, October 31, 2008 9:00 PM CDT
W.Va. brothers convicted in pharmacy break-ins



EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Sentencing will be in January for two West Virginia brothers convicted of federal charges related to about 85 pharmacy burglaries in Illinois and nine other states.

A federal jury in East St. Louis convicted 52-year-old Rex Hatfield and 48-year-old Everly Hatfield on Wednesday of conspiracy to commit pharmacy burglaries and distribute controlled substances.

Jurors also returned special verdicts finding that four deaths resulted from the Hatfields' drug-trafficking scheme. That's punishable by up to life in prison.

Testimony revealed that the Hatfields headed a group that committed the break-ins, including a dozen in southern Illinois. Between 1998 and 2004, they stole more than $500,000 worth of drugs.

The Hatfields apparently took the stolen drugs to West Virginia and Virginia to be sold.


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