3 men enter pleas in 2010 shooting death

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Three men have been sentenced for the shooting death of a man in Florence County more than two years ago.

The Morning News of Florence reported (http://bit.ly/13MuEhf ) Jimmy Legrand Spring II was shot to death during a robbery at his home in Coward in August 2010.

Twenty-year-old Matt Lee of Scranton pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy, accessory before armed robbery and accessory after murder. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Eighteen-year-old Travis Carlton Lee of Scranton pleaded guilty to the same accessory charges and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Twenty-year-old David Matthew of Coward pleaded guilty to the same charges and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Twenty-one-year-old Thomas Elbert VanHoose Jr., pleaded guilty earlier to murder and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

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Information from: Morning News, http://www.scnow.com