Saturday, May 01, 2010
A Federal Jury To Resume Deliberations
WEST VIRGINIA....
A federal jury will resume deliberations Monday in the sentencing phase of the case against George Lecco. The jury, which began deliberations Friday, will decide whether the Mingo County man should receive the death penalty for the 2005 murder of drug informant 33 year old Carla Collins. Lecco was convicted this past week of planning the murder of Collins and hiring two women, Valerie Friend and Patricia Burton, to commit the act in exchange for drugs and money. Prosecutors say he did it to protect a cocaine operation he was running out of his Pizza Plus in Red Jacket.
A federal jury will resume deliberations Monday in the sentencing phase of the case against George Lecco. The jury, which began deliberations Friday, will decide whether the Mingo County man should receive the death penalty for the 2005 murder of drug informant 33 year old Carla Collins. Lecco was convicted this past week of planning the murder of Collins and hiring two women, Valerie Friend and Patricia Burton, to commit the act in exchange for drugs and money. Prosecutors say he did it to protect a cocaine operation he was running out of his Pizza Plus in Red Jacket.
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