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Teens gets six life terms for elderly attack

Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000 | 9:10 a.m.

A teen-ager was sentenced to six life terms in prison for robbing and sexually assaulting an 85-year-old woman.

Prosecutors said that shortly after being released from jail on a minor charge, 19-year-old Larry Dewayne Brooks walked around a Las Vegas neighborhood knocking on doors until the victim opened hers.

Brooks barged in and robbed and sexually assaulted the woman before tying her to an ironing board with electrical wire and stealing her car. He was convicted of the attack in December.

District Judge Jeff Sobel on Tuesday sentenced Brooks to six life terms and other time that will make it impossible for the defendant to even be eligible for parole for more than 55 years.

Brooks still must face charges that while in jail for attacking the woman, he tried to hire a hitman to kill a prosecutor and the victim.

Brooks apologized to his victim and assured her and Deputy District Attorney Teresa Lowry that he does not want to hurt them.

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