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CROWN POINT â A 23-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for two home invasions, including one where a retired Gary police captain was shot.
Kevon Dixon, of Gary, pleaded guilty in July to aggravated battery, a level 3 felony, in connection with Capt. Charles Austin s shooting and burglary as a level 5 felony in a separate case.
Lake Criminal Court Judge Jamise Perkins sentenced Dixon to nine years for shooting Austin and three years for the burglary.
Perkins rejected defense attorney Cipriano Rodriguez s request to order the sentences be served concurrently, instead ordering they be served consecutively.
Austin, 69, said he wanted to share the story of his life and how he nearly died.