Suspect's wife speaks out after arrest
Police said Melinda Brady told them she drove her husband to and from the drugstore where a pharmacist, a clerk and two customers were methodically shot down. (June 22, 2011) Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas
Melinda Brady, the wife of accused Medford pharmacy killer David Laffer said early Thursday she would tell the families of the victims "I'm sorry he did all this" if given the chance.
Brady made the statement in response to a reporter's question as she was being escorted to a waiting police car after leaving Suffolk police headquarters in Yaphank.
An hour earlier, Laffer was taken from the same facility to the Fifth Precinct in Patchogue where he was to be held overnight. Before entering the building, Laffer was asked by reporters if he was a drug user and he said "no" under his breath.
Brady was scheduled to be driven from police headquarters to the Fourth precinct in Hauppauge.
Brady, herself facing a third-degree robbery charge for her role in the Father's Day killings, wore hand restraints behind her back and was escorted by about a half-dozen detectives and uniformed policewomen as she made her way from the headquarters to the waiting patrol car.
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