Conroy guilty of manslaughter as a hate crime
Quick ReadA jury found Jeffrey Conroy guilty of first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime Monday, but acquitted him of murder in the November 2008 stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue.
Photo credit: James Carbone | Jeffrey Conroy stands next to his lawyer, Bill Keahon, in Riverhead Criminal Court. (Feb. 2, 2009)
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The jury in Jeffrey Conroy's murder and manslaughter trial began deliberating Wednesday morning in State Supreme Court in Riverhead.
Conroy, 19, of Medford, is accused of the Nov. 8, 2008, stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero, 37, near the Patchogue train station. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, as hate crimes, among...
