COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two Columbus men involved in the murder of a husband and wife at an east Columbus internet café five years ago were sentenced this week.
Chris King, 28, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting and killing Joseph Arrington and Karen Arrington in January 2019.
Justice Stringer, 29, was sentenced to 30 years for driving other suspects to and from Players Paradise on East Broad Street.
Court documents say King and another suspect robbed Players Paradise at gunpoint and murdered Joseph and Karen. Stringer drove the men away from the café. The men were also responsible for a prior robbery at the location a month before, stealing $30,000 in cash.
A total of five suspects, including King and Stringer, were indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2019 for crimes related to a string of internet gaming businesses, including the Players Paradise robbery.
King pleaded guilty to armed robbery and using a firearm during a crime of violence that resulted in death.
Stringer pleaded guilty last year to two counts of robbery, two counts of aiding and abetting murder using a firearm and one count of brandishing a firearm during the murder.
Stringer also admitted to his involvement of another café robbery on Alum Creek Drive.
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