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Local Purse Snatcher Sentenced In Death Of Elderly Woman

Columbus Division of Police

The Columbus man charged with beating and killing an elderly woman during a robbery attempt will serve 14 years in prison. William Jenkins pleaded guilty Wednesday to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the death of 82-year-old Shirley Fredette. Prosecutors say she died from severe injuries sustained when Jenkins attacked and robbed her in the parking lot of a West side grocery store in September 2012.

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.