Gaston County man convicted of armed robbery has potential life sentence shortened
A Gaston County judge resentenced a 64-year-old man to seven to 20 years in prison for crimes committed more than four decades ago. Lester Barnett pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery, safecracking, misdemeanor larceny, and felony assault in February 1981. He was originally sentenced to seven years to life in prison. But a judge has…