Monday, March 17, 2008

Day Five: Flaco Is Arrested

Molina-Cirino was arrested at the end of the interview.

Kopek says that the phone Rivera had the night of the shooting was taken.

Kopek says that the idea of a black vehicle associated with the shooting came up very early in the investigation.

Wittman cross exam starts with question on Kopek not being involved in taking the first statement of Rivera.

Kopek was not at second Rivera interview when Rivera ID the shooter. Kopek says that he did not meet with Rivera for two weeks after returning to Utica. It was at that meeting that Rivera first spoke of the black car. Rivera said there four people in the black car. Rivera IDs two of the occupants as Wesley Molina-Cirino and Luis Montos.

Kopek says that Rivera saw the car at least five times the day of the shooting. Kopek did not take a deposition from Rivera about the black car and its occupants.

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