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Marcelo Lucero, 38, who moved to Patchogue 15 years ago, was fatally attacked by seven students, all 17 and 16 years old from the Patchogue-Medford High School, according to Suffolk police. They were charged with felony gang assault. One of them, Jeffrey Conroy, also was charged with manslaughter as a hate crime for allegedly stabbing Lucero in the chest. In front of a Central Islip courtroom, Assistant District Attorney Nancy Clifford said the group plotted late Saturday to target a Hispanic stranger in a racially motivated attack.
Marcelo Lucero, 38, who moved to Patchogue 15 years ago, was fatally attacked by seven students, all 17 and 16 years old from the Patchogue-Medford High School, according to Suffolk police. They were charged with felony gang assault. One of them, Jeffrey Conroy, also was charged with manslaughter as a hate crime for allegedly stabbing Lucero in the chest. In front of a Central Islip courtroom, Assistant District Attorney Nancy Clifford said the group plotted late Saturday to target a Hispanic stranger in a racially motivated attack.
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Last Teen Sentenced In 2008 Stabbing Death of Immigrant
The last of seven Long Island teenagers involved in the 2008 stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Marcelo Lucero was stabbed in a confrontation near the Patchogue, N.Y., train station. The killing...Tags: Prisons, WPIX, Defendants, Crimes, Jeffrey Conroy
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Man Convicted Of Ecuadorean Immigrant's Murder As A Hate Crime At Retrial
Associated Press WriterA man was convicted Monday of murder as a hate crime during his retrial on charges that he beat an Ecuadorean immigrant with an aluminum baseball bat after mistaking him and his brother for a gay couple. Jurors deliberated for about seven hours before...Tags: Prisons, Triborough Bridge, Politics, Minority Groups, Crimes
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2 Men Plead Not Guilty In Hate Crime
Two Ecuadorean brothers, stumbling home arm-in-arm after a night out, were viciously attacked, and one beaten to death with a baseball bat, by prejudiced, anti-Hispanic men who mistook them for a gay couple, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Hakim Scott and...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Jeffrey Conroy, Hate Crimes, Assault, Alcoholic Beverages
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Judge Sonia: N.Y. in D.C., with contentious edge
Spin CycleCesar Perales was seated early, before the Senate hearing room filled up. He stayed, just a couple of rows back from Judge Sonia Sotomayor and her relatives, all the way through the hours of speech making that consumed the......Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Hillary Clinton, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Politics
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Steve Levy: Sometimes doesn't tell the truth
Spin CycleAt the close of today's press conference about vandalism at a Bay Shore gay and lesbian youth center, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy told the assembled reporters, "Thank you all very much, I'll be around for your one-on-ones." Levy......Tags: Mark Smith, National Government, Public Relations, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Social Issues
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Ruckus over police forms: Suffolk's Levy raps Ramos
Spin CycleSuffolk County Executive Steve Levy is returning fire at Assemb. Philip Ramos (left) in the ruckus over police forms that ask if a crime victim is a temporary resident or a foreign national. As reported by Rick Brand: Ramos......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Migration, Politics, Steve Levy, Police
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Barack Who? Suffolk's Levy goes more Web-ular
Spin CycleWhile most Democrats focused on Martin Luther King Day or the inauguration, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has launched a new political Web site, dubbed ???Team Levy??? to enlist volunteers, solicit donations and explain who he really is. The......Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Road Transportation, Transportation, United States, Political Fundraising
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Ten for Friday: Unemployment at 15-year high, rising
Spin CycleNew numbers show unemployment hitting 7.2 percent, a 15-year high, and it's still going up, framing the entire political conversation for the moment. Obama's transcendency finally touches the earthbound muck of politics, as various Dems in Congress...Tags: Republican Party, Illinois, Politics, Sarah Palin, Bankruptcy
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Ten for Friday: Auto failure = Wall Street doom
Spin CycleAn auto bailout failed in the Senate after Republicans demanded cuts in UAW wages to the level of non-union competitors, and the UAW wouldn't go along. It seemed to reflect yet another grand failure of America's political leadership. Global......Tags: Parliament, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois, Politics, Crimes
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Naked Ambition
Spin CycleWhat was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1. New York City-based businessman Fernando Mateo arriving in Patchogue after the Marcelo Lucero slaying and presenting himself as spokesman for the victim's family. 2. New York City......Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, Sports, Football, Plaxico Burress
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Levy for the record: Hate-crime stats match the norm
Spin CycleFrom Reid Epstein, reporting from Suffolk: The Suffolk Police Department???s official hate crime statistics, which show one anti-Hispanic hate crime in 2007 ??? down from 15 in 2004 ??? have been questioned by immigrant and Latino activists and county.......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Steve Levy, Crimes, Laws, Assault
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Wednesday 10: Barackonomics
Spin CycleObama pledged to scour the federal budget for savings in a news conference yesterday, but couldn't name a single federal program he would cut. He seems to have decided to play a higher profile role in reassuring the country......Tags: Robert Gates, James Jones (football), Politics, Migration, Demographics
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