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Bernis Wayne Rupe, Jr., second from right, accepts final sentencing Monday afternoon in Barren Circuit Court for one Barren and one Metcalfe Circuit Court case he pleaded guilty to in December. Rupe is already serving a federal prison sentence, and the amended charges he pleaded guilty to added concurrent prison sentences. Standing with Rupe, from left to right, are Commonwealth's Attorney John Gardner, mother Diane Rupe (obscured), wife Christina Rupe and Ron Hampton, standing in for Rupe's attorney, Johnny Bell.



