Complete coverage: Marcelo Lucero and the 'Patchogue 7'

Jeffrey Conroy, 17, right, is led out of a police... — Jeffrey Conroy, 17, right, is led out of a police station for arraignment in Central Islip on Nov. 10, 2008 in connection with the murder of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero, left. Credit: Lucero Family, James Carbone

September 2, 2009

Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero was fatally stabbed Nov. 8, 2008 in Patchogue after he and a friend were surrounded by seven teenagers who had gone out looking to attack Latinos, a bias crime that drew national attention to Suffolk County. The teens, who came to be known as the "Patchogue 7," were sentenced to varying amounts of time in prison.

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