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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Steve Karnowski

Gun and drug charges filed against Myon Burrell, sent to prison for life as teen but freed in 2020

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Prosecutors filed gun and drug charges Friday against Myon Burrell, who was sent to prison for life as a teenager but was set free in 2020 after 18 years behind bars after his sentence was commuted in a high-profile murder case.

Burrell, now 37, was arrested in the Minneapolis suburb of Robbinsdale on Tuesday after police said they found a handgun and drugs in his SUV during a traffic stop.

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