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HOUSTON \u2014 A 38-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for looting a Walmart store closed during Hurricane Harvey last year.<\/p>\n
Thomas Gamelin already was on parole last August for a drug conviction when police driving by the store saw a van that appeared to have been used to smash open a door at the Walmart and then saw Gamelin carrying a television. Surveillance video also showed him taking other electronics and tobacco products from the closed store.<\/p>\n
A jury Wednesday convicted him of burglary and State District Judge Brad Hart sentenced him to 20 years.<\/p>\n
Harris County Assistant District Attorney Joshua Raygor says Gamelin saw the worst natural disaster in Houston’s history as “the perfect opportunity to take advantage and try to make a profit.”\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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