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DA has paid Lucero key witness' living expenses

Originally published: March 19, 2010 8:42 PM
Updated: March 19, 2010 10:05 PM
By SUMATHI REDDY AND CARL MACGOWAN.  sumathi.reddy@newsday.com,, carl.macgowan@newsday.com

Quick ReadThe Suffolk County district attorney's office has paid its key witness in the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant more than $9,000 for living expenses since 2008.

District attorney Tom Spota leaves the courtroom after

Photo credit: Photo by Joseph D. Sullivan | District attorney Tom Spota leaves the courtroom after opening statements of the Jeffrey Conroy murder trial. (March 18, 2010)

The Suffolk County district attorney's office has paid its key witness in the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant more than $9,000 for living expenses since November 2008, according to a letter from the DA's office that outlines the payments.

The monthly payments to Angel Loja, who was with Marcelo Lucero on the night he was fatally stabbed, were referred to in a March 15 letter from prosecutors...

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