WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of killing
"Curious George" collaborator Alan Shalleck in South Florida has
been spared the death penalty.
A judge sentenced Vincent Puglisi to life in prison yesterday
after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and robbery
with a deadly weapon.
His co-defendant Rex Ditto was given a life sentence last year.
Authorities said the pair went to Shalleck's home in February
2006 intending to rob him. Shalleck suffered 83 blunt force
injuries and more than three dozen stab wounds.
Shalleck wrote and directed episodes of "Curious George" and
co-wrote books with Margret Rey, who created the mischievous monkey
with her husband more than 60 years ago.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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