Jury finds Jeffrey Conroy guilty in hate-crime slaying
Quick ReadConroy, 19, of Medford, avoided a murder conviction and the possibility of life in prison.
Photo credit: James Carbone | Jeffrey Conroy is led out of the Fifth Precinct in Patchogue. (Nov. 10, 2008)
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As the jury forewoman pronounced the verdict for first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime - the first of six times the word "guilty" sounded yesterday in a packed Riverhead courtroom - Jeffrey Conroy slumped slightly as he stood next to his attorney.
The former high school athlete was convicted of fatally stabbing Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero, 37, on Nov. 8, 2008, in Patchogue and...
