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Kansas man spends 17 years in prison for robbery he swears he didn't commit. Then police find the real culprit - and can't believe their eyes

Richard Anthony Jones spent almost 20 years in prison for a crime he said he never did. Back in 1999, someone robbed a woman outside a Walmart in Roeland Park, Kansas. The robber took her phone, and she got hurt when she fell down and scraped her knees. Because she got hurt, the case became a serious robbery charge. Jones got blamed for it and was sent to prison for 19 years, even though he said he was somewhere else when it happened. When the r…

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We Got This Covered broke the news in on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.
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