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                <p>BELFAST, Maine – A Maine man convicted of taking a fifth-grade class hostage at gunpoint has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.</p>
                <p>The sentence was handed down Monday after Randall Hofland spent two hours seeking a lighter prison term. He said he'll appeal.</p>
                <p>Hofland represented himself during his trial, in which jurors rejected an insanity defense. They found him guilty of 39 charges, including kidnapping and criminal threatening and restraint.</p>
                <p>The Searsport man was accused of holding 11 children at gunpoint on Oct. 31, 2008. He was eventually tackled by a state police trooper. No children were hurt.</p>
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