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Alvarez pleads to double fatality
sentencing
An illegal alien has been sentenced for killing two people near Centertown.
An illegal immigrant on the run for over five years after he killed two motorcyclists in a horrific accident near Centertown is a month away from being banished from the country.Herlin Alvarez, 27, entered guilty pleas Wednesday before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to two counts of reckless homicide. He was given a four-year sentence for the two felonies, but only one year of that sentence is to be served in jail. Alvarez will be released next month after being behind bars since his capture in February.