Day Four: Back From Lunch

Defendant Wesley Molina Cirino is back in the courtroom. Next witness, Aurelio Pizarro, is on the stand. A Spanish interpreter is at his side in case he needs him. Pizarro is 20 years old. His street name is "NeNe", which he says means "kid". He is the son of Wanda, whom we heard about earlier. "NeNe" knows "Flaco" and says they're not related. He knows "Flaco" from childood--about seven years. "NeNe" knows "Majon" whose name he says is Jose. Doesn't know Jose's last name but says he lives in Puerto Rico. He knows Jose was in Utica last year.

Night of April 12, 2007. "NeNe" saw "Majon" that night. "Majon" came into "NeNe"'s house to play video games. "NeNe" saw defendant "Flaco" that night when it was almost getting dark. There was a time he didn't see "Flaco" for a while then saw him in the dining room of the home. "Flaco" said, "there's cops outside". Both men looked out a window. "NeNe" saw police officers and cars-lots of them. "Flaco" came downstairs and "NeNe" asked him what happened and "Flaco" said a cop was shot. "NeNe" doesn't know how "Flaco" knew that.

"NeNe" says "la Badusca"'s name is Adriana. He saw her outside his house the night of April 12, 2007. After he saw the cops, "NeNe" was talking on the phone with a girl, telling her a cop was shot. "NeNe" stayed in the rest of the night. "Flaco" did not spend that night at "NeNe"'s house. "NeNe" learned "Majon" wanted to go back to Puerto Rico. "NeNe" has identified defendant Wesley Molina Cirino as the person he knows as "Flaco" and who told him a cop was shot that night.