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Updated: Thursday, 28 Jun 2012, 10:05 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 27 Jun 2012, 9:58 PM EDT

Dan Klein

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - An armed robber gets an extra decade behind bars for being a gang member.

23-year-old Edwin Rodriguez of Lafayette, was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbery with a deadly weapon.

Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Pat Harrington said ten years are for two counts of robbery, with a ten year enhancement for for being a member of a gang.

Harrington said on July 22, 2011, Rodriguez and Rodrigo Medrano approached two people with a gun near Pierce Street in West Lafayette. Rodriguez pointed the gun at one of the people and robbed each of them of their wallets and cell phones.

Harrington said in the middle of the robbery, both men told the victims they were gang members.