Published November 20, 2012, 02:06 PM

Rapid City casino robber gets 8 years in prison

RAPID CITY (AP) — A Rapid City man who used a pellet gun to rob a casino last summer has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

RAPID CITY (AP) — A Rapid City man who used a pellet gun to rob a casino last summer has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Twenty-five-year-old Billy Robertson pleaded guilty last month to robbing the King of Hearts Casino in July. Prosecutors dismissed other charges in return for the guilty plea to first-degree robbery.

The combination of the charges and Robertson's criminal history could have landed him in prison for life. He was sentenced Monday.

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