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Tony Smith is seen during his sentencing hearing in King County Superior Court on Friday, October 10, 2008. Story Published: Oct 10, 2008 at 11:47 AM PDT Story Updated: Oct 10, 2008 at 11:56 AM PDT KENT, Wash. -- A Burien man convicted of killing three men who were found shot to death in an SUV was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison. Prosecutors said Tony Smith killed the men to steal cash they had hidden in the vehicle. Smith, a drug dealer who went by the nickname "Pit Bull," confessed to shooting the three passengers while driving south on Interstate 5 in the Centralia area, prosecutors said in court documents. He returned to Kent and tore apart the interior of the SUV to find more than $30,000 in drug money. The bodies of Francisco Santos-Rojas, 24, and Edgar Ulises Santos, 16, both of Maple Valley, and Ruben Ojeda... [read full story]
