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Elkhart man sentenced to 12 years on robbery charges

Elkhart Police // Alyssa Foster

It’s 12 years for an Elkhart man who pleaded guilty to Armed Robbery .

20-year-old Keondre Harris is one of two teens charged in the robbery. Harris, who was 17 at the time of the crime, is being charged with a Level 3 felony of armed robbery and a misdemeanor count of resisting law enforcement from the March 2021 gas station robbery.

Police say Harris and another 17-year-old used a gun to hold up a teenage victim and steal cash outside the Sunny Side Food Mart in Elkhart.

The victim thought he was there to purchase an iPhone from the boys, however the boys took the cash and took off running.

Harris was sentenced to nine years enhanced to 12 years at the Indiana Department of Corrections with four years suspended on reporting probation.

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