Father, daughter sentenced in woman’s kidnapping

A Riverside man and his daughter who pleaded no contest to kidnapping a woman who was dumped in the desert near Edwards Air Force Base were sentenced Wednesday, March 30, to state prison.Stanley Alfred Lawton, 57, was ordered to serve 25 years to life in prison in connection with his no contest plea Wednesday, Feb. 23, to aggravated kidnapping with the intent to commit robbery. Lawton also admitted previous strikes for robbery and attempted murder, according to Ricardo Santiago with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.Lawton’s daughter, Shaniya Nicole Poche-Lawton, 24, of Palmdale, pleaded no contest to kidnapping and admitted personally using a firearm, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said the woman was abducte
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