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Doctor Robber Sentenced to 14 Years

June 16th, 2007, 4:00 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Jill Redhage

A man convicted of breaking into the Paradise Valley home of a prominent doctor last year, tying her up and robbing her was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison.Robert Medeiros, 44, pleaded guilty last month to kidnapping Dr. Pearl Tang in February 2006. Medeiros tricked the woman, then 84 years old, into letting him into her home, where he hit her, tied her to a chair and stole items from her, police said.Tang lost consciousness, but later awoke and called police. DNA helped police link Medeiros to the scene.Tang was the first Asian-American woman to practice medicine in Arizona, the county attorney

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