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Witnesses: Conroy at scene of another immigrant attack

Quick ReadProsecutors say the alleged attacks were part of a crime spree against Latinos by Jeffrey Conroy and six friends.

Jeffrey Conroy, 17, front, and other teens arrested

Photo credit: James Carbone | Jeffrey Conroy, 17, front, and other teens arrested in a hate crime killing, are led out of a police station for their arraignment in Central Islip. Conroy is accused of being the stabber in the hate crime. (Nov. 10, 2008)

A teenager charged with fatally stabbing an Ecuadorean immigrant in Patchogue was present five days earlier when a Mexican immigrant was beaten unconscious on a busy road in Medford, witnesses said Tuesday.

The witnesses did not identify Jeffrey Conroy - charged with the Nov. 8, 2008, stabbing death of Marcelo Lucero, 37 - as one of those who struck the man, Octavio Cordova, 39, of Medford.

Conroy,...

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