Thursday, October 01, 2009
Mingo Co. Confessed Murderer Gets Life
As part of a plea agreement, Thursday (today), re-tried Mingo County confessed murderer, 47 year old Valerie Suzette Friend, formerly of North Matewan, told the court that, on April 17, 2005, she fatally shot federal drug informant 33 year old Carla Collins once in the chest with a gun provided by George Lecco. Friend told the court that Lecco, formerly of Red Jacket, wanted Collins dead because he feared she was supplying law enforcement with details about his drug operation which was selling cocaine out of Lecco's Pizza Plus. In exchange for her guilty plea and willingness to testify against Lecco, prosecutors agreed to a life sentence for Friend.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:02 PM 
