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St. George man sentenced after faking murder plot against himself

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A man was sentenced after he faked a murder plot against himself. Robert Quentin Sprague pleaded guilty on September 2 to fraud, a third-degree felony; forgery, a third-degree felony; retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, a third-degree felony; and tampering with a witness, a class A misdemeanor.

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