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Amherst man gets 7 to 9 years for burglary, attack
Updated: Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013, 8:49 AM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013, 9:12 PM EDT
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - A 20-year-old Amherst man has been sentenced to up to nine years in prison for beating a 62-year-old woman during a burglary.
Yaazziel Rivera was sentenced Monday in Hampshire Superior Court after pleading guilty to a pair of robberies in Northampton a few days apart in August 2011, including one that included the assault.
Authorities say Rivera entered a home he thought was vacant by removing an air conditioner from a first-floor window.
He struck the woman five or six times over the head and threatened to kill her if she got up off the floor.
Rivera stole $60 in cash and some jewelry.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports he was tied to both crime scenes through DNA.
His lawyer said he was driven by an addiction to opiates.
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