HOUSTON - Back in 2004, Allen Boutte and his six accomplices made headlines for terrorizing restaurant customers on the north side.

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"These were vicious robberies. People went to the hospital. They struck them, they hit them," said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers.

Boutte was sentenced to 30 years, but got paroled in 2022.

While on parole, Boutte got charged with two counts of felon in possession of a weapon and a drug charge. The gun charges are dismissed, and he's sentenced to 30 days in jail.

"After he was convicted, the parole board made a choice. Their choice was not to revoke," said Kahan. "And he's back in the community."

Boutte was recently charged with another felon in possession of a we

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