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Sugar Land man gets life term in RocketBelt case
Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES -- A Sugar Land man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for kidnapping a former partner and holding him hostage in North Hollywood for eight days, sometimes handcuffed and in a wooden box, as part of a scheme to recover a stolen rocket-powered flying device.

He told the judge: "Your Honor, I never imagined that I ever did anything wrong. I was just trying to be persuasive."