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Jury vetted for murder suspect in Lucero case

Quick ReadJeffrey Conroy, 19, was the first defendant to go on trial in a case that attracted international headlines.

Sixteen months ago, seven teenagers set out for Patchogue in search of Latinos, Suffolk prosecutors say, on a night that culminated with the stabbing of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero, a death in which repercussions are still being felt.

On Tuesday, Jeffrey Conroy, now 19, of Medford, sat in State Supreme Court in Riverhead, the first defendant to go on trial in a case that attracted...

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