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Chicago dad gets 30 months in prison for binding kids outside Wal-Mart in Kansas

Adolfo Gomez, left, and his wife Deborah Gomez. Douglas County Sheriff's Office via CBS Chicago

(CBS/AP) LAWRENCE, Kan. - Adolfo Gomez, a suburban Chicago man, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern Kansas.

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6News Lawrence reports that the 53-year-old Gomez also was ordered during Wednesday's sentencing hearing in Douglas County District Court to serve two years of probation.

Gomez and his wife, Deborah Gomez, of Northlake, Ill., were arrested Jun 13, 2012, in Lawrence. Police reported finding two of their children, ages 5 and 7, bound by their hands and feet in the store parking lot.

Adolfo Gomez pleaded no contest to felony child abuse and child endangerment.

Deborah Gomez was sentenced earlier to one year of probation after pleading no contest to child endangerment.

Complete coverage of Adolfo and Deborah Gomez on Crimesider

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