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Man To Be Sentenced For Shooting At Officers

Stratford Man Faces 30 Years In Prison

POSTED: 12:03 pm EST November 16, 2009

STRATFORD, Conn. -- A Stratford man was scheduled to be sentenced Monday after being convicted of shooting at two police officers in Bridgeport in 2007.

John Bell faces up to 30 years in prison.

Prosecutors said Bell tried to kill two officers at a gas station after a gambling raid.

Bell said he thought he was being robbed.

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