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Medford man gets 8 years in Patchogue hate-crime attack

Kevin Shea, one of the seven boys accused

Photo credit: NY Post / Pool | Kevin Shea, one of the seven boys accused in a hate crime slaying, appears in Riverhead court. (Feb. 3, 2009)

Kevin Shea, the Medford man who admitted punching Marcelo Lucero in the face before the Ecuadorean immigrant was fatally stabbed in Patchogue nearly two years ago, was sentenced to 8 years in prison Wednesday in Suffolk County Court.

When Shea, 18, pleaded guilty in February, State Supreme Court Justice Robert W. Doyle told him that he could face up to 10 years in prison. Doyle rejected Assistant...

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