A Philadelphia man was sentenced Friday to 95 years in prison for planning to kill the Cumberland County prosecutor and other officials as retribution for an earlier conviction for plotting to burn down a rival bowling alley.

Steven Smink, 62, was convicted Aug. 15 of one count of conspiracy to commit murder, five counts of attempted murder, conspiracy to transport weapons and transporting weapons following a trial before Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Levin.

“The sentence handed down today is appropriate for this defendant, who planned to kill public servants for doing their jobs when they convicted him for previously committed crimes,” Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said in a statement. “Thanks to the excellent investigative work by State Police and prison official

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