Crime

Chester man sentenced to 10 years in prison for 2015 shooting of teen girl

Timothy Franklin
Timothy Franklin Chester County Detention Center

A Chester man was sentenced to 10 years in prison late Monday after pleading guilty in a 2015 shooting into a home that left a 17-year-old girl shot in the hand.

Timothy Lamar Franklin III, 21, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and battery, said Candice Lively, 6th Circuit Deputy Solicitor.

The incident happened in September 2015 at a house on Hope Street in Chester.

This story was originally published February 28, 2017 at 9:14 AM with the headline "Chester man sentenced to 10 years in prison for 2015 shooting of teen girl."

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