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    A man accused of holding couple hostage at gunpoint sentenced

    By Bil Tatum,

    28 days ago

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    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A man accused of holding a couple hostage at gunpoint in 2022 has been sentenced after prosecutors reduced his original felony charges to a single misdemeanor.

    Sammie Wright was charged with two counts of kidnapping and one of unlawful use of a weapon after the incidents in April of 2022 at a motel on South Glenstone.

    Charges were reduced to 4 th -degree assault, for which the range of punishment is imprisonment for up to one year and a fine of up to $2,000. Online court records do not indicate what Wright’s sentence was.

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