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Jun 25, 2009 2:30 pm US/Central

Carnival Worker Sentenced To 29 years For Murder

ST. CHARLES, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) ― A west suburban carnival worker was sentenced to 29 years in prison Thursday for stabbing a 28-year-old man to death after the two got into an argument.

Arthur Manning, 58, of St. Charles was convicted of stabbing Naromi Mannery to death on Sept. 21, 2008, during an argument outside the St. Charles home where Manning and several other carnival workers lived.

On Thursday he was sentenced to 29 years in prison by Kane County Judge Timothy Sheldon, according to Kane County State's Attorney's office spokesman Chris Nelson, who said Manning must serve the entire sentence.

Manning is the last defendant to be sentenced in Mannery's murder.

Arthur Manning's brother Guy Manning, 51, and housemate Willie Wimberly, 56, were each sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated battery.

Darren Barnett pleaded guilty on Feb. 11 to attempted obstruction and was sentenced to 180 days in Kane County Jail.

Prosecutors said the violence occurred when Mannery was drinking beer on the porch with Barnett. Wimberly and the Mannings confronted Mannery and told him he was not allowed at the house.

At some point, a fight broke out. Wimberly threw a punch at Mannery, Guy Manning hit Mannery in the back with a lawn chair and Arthur Manning then stabbed Mannery three times, killing him, prosecutors said.

During a brief court appearance last week, it was revealed that at the time of the murder, Manning was also facing federal conspiracy charges in Tennessee.

According to court documents, in May 2008, Manning and six other men were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

According to charging documents, three of the men opened accounts at Bank of America under false names, then transferred money from victims' accounts. Arthur Manning withdrew the money from the fraudulent accounts, federal prosecutors allege.

Prosecutors said the six men were able to obtain more than $96,500 through this scheme.

Manning was charged with bank fraud in May 2007. Sixteen months later, he was involved in the murder in St. Charles.

Court records show Manning was released after he posted $4,500 bail in federal court in Chicago on June 5, 2008. He was ordered to report to federal court in Tennessee -- but was arrested on murder charges before he made it.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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