West Michigan Judge hands down 42 year sentence to "one-man crime spree”

A mug shot of Charles Skipp from the Kent County Correctional Facility. (Oct. 10, 2019)

by: WOODTV.com staff

A man will spend 42 years in a federal prison for stealing dozens of guns from a Cedar Springs store nearly three years ago and threatening witnesses .

In handing down his sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Janet Neff called 40-year-old Charles Skipp a “one-man crime spree” .

A court statement noted that Skipp, who was indicted in October, pleaded guilty in February to 10 federal felonies:

Prosecutors said the charges were linked to the break-in at the Family Farm and Home in Cedar Springs in November 2017.

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