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A Youngstown man will spend at least twenty years in prison after admitting to murder and burglary charges.

Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Maureen Sweeney sentenced Jimmy Davenport to 15-years to life for the murder of 66-year-old James Rowles.

Davenport also has to serve time for burglary and weapons-related charges.

Rowles was found shot in the head inside his burning Trussitt Avenue home in 2005.