A sixth suspect in the Marcelo Lucero hate crime case was given to an eight-year prison term Wednesday after being convicted for his role in the fatal stabbing of the Ecuadorean immigrant.
Rosario Lucero, left, listens during a news conference Monday, April 19, 2010 after the killer of her son, Marcelo Lucero, was convicted of manslaughter at the Suffolk County courthouse in Riverhead, N.Y. Jeffery Conroy, 19, a, former high school athlete who plunged a knife into the chest of the Ecuadorean immigrant during a street fight was convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime Monday but acquitted of murder. Right is Lucero's brother Joselo Lucero. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Kevin Shea, of Medford, was sentenced one week after four other teens involved in the murder were began serving their prison time.
Shea, 18, pleaded guilty in February to a number of charges including gang assault and conspiracy in the death of Lucero on Nov. 8, 2008. The murder has been ruled a hate crime.
Shea and six other teens attacked Lucero as he walked near the Patchogue train station. Prosecutors say they went there in search of Hispanics. Lucero, 37, tried to fight off the group with his belt, but was eventually stabbed to death.
In May, Jeffrey Conroy was sentenced to 25 years in prison after his conviction on manslaughter as a hate crime. Conroy was the one who stabbed Lucero, although he was acquitted of murder charges.
Nicholas Hausch, 18, who pleaded guilty to four charges and testified against Conroy, is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 14
With Associated Press.
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