By Associated Press - Wednesday, May 20, 2015

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A Baltimore man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for robbing a diamond store of $100,000 with of jewels.

Forty-five-year-old Charles Boatwright was also approved to enroll in a substance abuse treatment program at sentencing Wednesday in Frederick County Circuit Court, The News-Post of Frederick reports (https://bit.ly/1GqII5v).

Boatwright pleaded guilty to robbing a Wholesale Diamond Consultants store in March 2014.

Prosecutors say Boatwright displayed a gun during the robbery. It was a non-working antique.

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Information from: The Frederick (Md.) News-Post, https://www.fredericknewspost.com

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