A sixth suspect in the Marcelo Lucero hate crime case was given to an eight-year prison term Wednesday after being convicted for his role in the fatal stabbing of the Ecuadorean immigrant.
Kevin Shea, of Medford, was sentenced one week after four other teens involved in the murder were began serving their prison time.
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Shea, 18, pleaded guilty in February to a number of charges including gang assault and conspiracy in the death of Lucero on Nov. 8, 2008. The murder has been ruled a hate crime.
Shea and six other teens attacked Lucero as he walked near the Patchogue train station. Prosecutors say they went there in search of Hispanics. Lucero, 37, tried to fight off the group with his belt, but was eventually stabbed to death.
In May, Jeffrey Conroy was sentenced to 25 years in prison after his conviction on manslaughter as a hate crime. Conroy was the one who stabbed Lucero, although he was acquitted of murder charges.
Nicholas Hausch, 18, who pleaded guilty to four charges and testified against Conroy, is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 14
With Associated Press.
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There is still one other aggressor who should be punished and sentenced for viciously attacking the immigrant community for years with his cheap hateful political demagoguery, and his name is Steve Levy. At least he’s now realized that he couldn’t be elected dog catcher outside of Suffolk county. My apologies to dog catchers.
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How embarrassing was this act on our entire country! I still can’t believe the ignorance and the low education of these kids. They were out there hunting other human beings with the rediculous notion that they are superior than them because their skin is white. What goes around comes back around again!