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Two Men Cleared In March Murder
September 15, 2012
Charges have been dropped against one man and another his been found not guilty of a March 20 murder off Highway 29.
Frederick Ortiz was shot in the chest and killed during the course of an alleged drug transaction on Hayworth Avenue in the Ensley area.
Bryan Hines, was found not guilty of third degree murder in the Ortiz’s death earlier this week. He was convicted of marijuana possession and is awaiting sentencing.
And Friday, the State Attorney’s Office announced that there is insufficient evidence to proceed in the trial of Rico Roberson. Roberson was charged with first degree murder for the death.
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2 Responses to “Two Men Cleared In March Murder”
They’ve never snitched on each other, that’s nothing new! In the past most of the cases were solved and prosecuted successfully due to non stop, diligent police work and a state attorney’s office with a backbone…..not because of citizen’s cooperation! If you got any cooperation, it was just a nice surprise and you still couldn’t base your whole case on it! The current sheriff just wants to use people not cooperating as another excuse, just like how he thinks cleaning up the trash in a neighborhood (code enforcement’s job) will lower the crime rate and cause the dirtbags to want to be good citizens. Another sure tell sign of his inexperience when it comes to leading our sheriff’s office!
Another example of “no snitchin”.