Robert Chambers Heads Back to Prison for 19 Years

Yesterday, Robert Chambers was sentenced to 19 years in prison, after accepting a deal to plead guilty to selling cocaine and assaulting a police officer last October. This is four years longer than he was sentenced to for the 1986 killing of Jennifer Levin in Central Park, which was later dubbed the Preppie Murder. Police had also arrested Chambers's girlfriend Shawn Kovell, who was released shortly after pleading guilty. Prosecutors were unhappy the loyal Kovell (she waited for him to be released from previous prison stints) showed up at Chambers's sentencing; ADA Dan Rather Jr. said, "She's apparently wandering around the city without an escort."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 3, 2008 8:14 AM

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NannyState

"ADA Dan Rather Jr"? Does he end his summations to the jury with "Courage"?

robingee

How will he get Social Security if he has not held a job?

Spirit of 76

So he'll be out more or less just in time to start collecting Social Security. What a cushy life. Free room and board for the next couple of decades then the government starts paying him after that.

JacqueMehoff

He'll still have fans waiting for him when he gets out. he'll do what he did before, use that base to get favors or no hits to the face please in trade.

jaycjay

does anyone think its rather pathetic that he might be in prison longer for selling blow than KILLING SOMEONE!!

No. At that time he'd never been convicted of anything so he got a milder sentence that someone with a prior felony conviction probably would. Now with that conviction and term behind him, he's not getting that kind break.

How many people died as a result of his sales in cocaine?

Zero, most likely.