Monday, March 17, 2008

Day Five: Kopek Interviews Rivera

Kopek got a call from Syracuse authorities to go to Syracuse for a meeting to interview Flaco. The request was made by the Onondaga DA office based on a request from Flaco.

Kopek met with Flaco and listened to Flaco's story. Trooper Serrano and interpretor Ramos did the questioning in spanish.

Flaco was giving info with his attorney present. No promises or understanding was made with Molina-Cirino. Kopek asked if they could meet with Flaco again and could they bring him to the site where the gun was supposed to be. That happened at a later date.

After May 14th, Flaco became the prime suspect.

On June 1st, Kopek met with Flaco at that time. They met for about an hour. Kopek said he wanted to get Flaco's story on paper. The lawyer said OK.

Kopek says they knew that Flaco was going to be released on the drug charges on June 6th. Molina-Cirino was taken back to Utica to talk with him more about the case.

They came straight back to UPD and brought him to an interview room. They room was equiped to record the interview. The room contained a large amount of evidence. The interview lasted five and a half hours.

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