Two Mena men were sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to their involvement in the burglaries of two Royal businesses in January.

Matthew K. Ham, 21, and Chase W. Lane, 21, both appeared in Garland County Circuit Court with public defender Mark Fraiser to enter pleas to two counts of commercial burglary and were sentenced to 10 years on one count and five years on the second, with the sentences to run consecutively for a total of 15 years.

Their sentences will run concurrently with 25-year sentences both men are already serving after their convi...

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