Queens man acquitted in Officer Figoski case
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Court officers escort Michael Velez, center, into a courtroom during his trial in Brooklyn Supreme Court. (Jan. 28, 2013).
Peter Figoski, NYPD cop from LI, remembered
NYPD cops from Long Island who died in the line of duty
A Queens man was acquitted Wednesday on charges that he served as the lookout and getaway driver in a robbery scheme that ended with the fatal shooting of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski, a West Babylon resident, 14 months ago.
The Brooklyn jury of seven men and five women, by implication, accepted the defense of Michael Velez, 22, of Ozone Park, who testified that he was just giving a ride to...
