Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Mingo County Man Convicted In Retrial
WEST VIRGINIA....
Following nine hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Charleston has convicted 60 year old George Lecco of all 12 counts against him, with three of those charges carrying the federal death penalty. Lecco was charged with ordering and arranging the slaying of drug informant 33 year old Carla Collins who was shot to death and beaten while inside a vacant mobile home on Double Camp Hollow in April 2005. Prosecutors claimed Lecco asked Patricia Burton and Valerie Friend to kill Collins in order to protect a cocaine operation the he operated out of the Pizza Plus in Red Jacket.
Following nine hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Charleston has convicted 60 year old George Lecco of all 12 counts against him, with three of those charges carrying the federal death penalty. Lecco was charged with ordering and arranging the slaying of drug informant 33 year old Carla Collins who was shot to death and beaten while inside a vacant mobile home on Double Camp Hollow in April 2005. Prosecutors claimed Lecco asked Patricia Burton and Valerie Friend to kill Collins in order to protect a cocaine operation the he operated out of the Pizza Plus in Red Jacket.
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