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Car strippers sentenced
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One man was given four months, while his partner in crime was granted probation, after they stripped a four-wheel drive that was broken down on the side of the mountain.John H. Simons was ordered to serve 120 days of a four-year sentence and make restitution for burglary of a vehicle and grand theft, while William Paine was granted an 11-month, 29-day probationary sentence on the charge of theft. He was fined $750 plus costs for a separate simple possession of drugs case. A third person in the heist, Kelly Ryan Desmarais, is to appear before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley on May 10.The crime involved a 1978 Ford Bronco that was left on a trail in the Mt.