By Tommy Witherspoon
Waco Tribune-Herald staff writer

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

A three-time convicted felon was sentenced to 26 years in prison Tuesday for hitting his uncle in the head with a tire tool and stealing $700 from him.

Don Dwayne Sneed, 43, pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery as a habitual criminal, and 19th State District Judge Ralph Strother sentenced him to prison in a plea bargain with prosecutors J.R. Vicha and Hilary Laborde.

Sneed, who has prior felony convictions for impersonating a public servant, forgery and cocaine possession, will have to serve at least 13 years in prison before he becomes eligible for parole.

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