A Maryland man who pleaded guilty to his role in a 2008 triple slaying in northern Virginia has been sentenced to life in prison.
Thirty-five-year-old Delante Cook of New Carrollton was sentenced Friday morning in federal court in Alexandria. Cook admitted that he and his accomplices fatally stabbed three men during a November 2008 home robbery in Springfield. Prosecutors said Cook believed two of the victims, brothers Ryan and Terence Strope, were drug dealers who would be in possession of a large amount of cash. A third victim, Andres Yelicie, was also fatally stabbed.
Prosecutors and the defense agreed to recommend a life sentence as part of a plea deal.
The crime went unsolved for two years. According to court documents, Cook, together with an accomplice, disguised himself as a law officer on the night of the murder, wearing a shirt that said 'SWAT.' Prosecutors said during the robbery, all three victims were stabbed fatally with knives.
MD Man Gets Life Sentence for Springfield Triple Slaying
Robbery led to three dead
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