NY hate crime suspect now charged with murder
By FRANK ELTMAN – 1 hour ago
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A grand jury has charged a Long Island teenager with murder as a hate crime in the stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant.
Jeffrey Conroy was arrested on a charge of manslaughter as a hate crime. An indictment unsealed Thursday added a more serious charge, second-degree murder as a hate crime, in the death of Marcelo Lucero (mar-SEL-oh loo-SER-oh).
As Conroy's six co-defendants were arraigned on gang assault and other charges, prosecutors alleged the group also attacked another Hispanic man in Patchogue (PACH'-awg) who got away a half-hour earlier. Lucero was attacked Nov. 8 near the Patchogue train station.
Conroy's arraignment is scheduled for Monday. All of the teens' attorneys have said they are innocent.
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