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1/7/2013, 3:33pm  ET  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News woman
has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for lying
to a federal grand jury during a double-murder investigation.
Federal prosecutors said Monday that 30-year-old Bettina Bugg
pleaded guilty in July. She was sentenced Friday.  According to
court documents, the father of one of Bugg's children was a
suspect in the murders. Bugg lied under oath and asked a
government witness to also lie.  U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride
says Bugg "made a mockery of the grand jury system," and the
tough sentence sends a clear warning about the consequences of
lying to a federal grand jury.