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Man gets 14 years in shooting of ex-NIU football player

SYCAMORE — The second of two men charged in April 2011 with shooting former Northern Illinois University football player Devon Butler was sentenced to more to 14 years in prison Wednesday.

During a hearing at the DeKalb County Courthouse, Mark Orozco, 25, of DeKalb, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of residential burglary.

Orozco and Richard Van Arsdale III, 21, had been charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, armed violence, aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful delivery of marijuana.

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