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FATAL DRUG STING FBI: GUNS, DRUGS FOUND IN ROMERO'S HOME.(Local News)

Article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) Article date: November 05, 2008

Byline: JASON AUSLANDER

Report: Undercover officer bought cocaine

from 23-year-old

three times before

By Jason Auslander

The New Mexican

FBI agents seized nearly 2 kilograms of cocaine and 11 firearms from the home of a 23-year-old man shot by narcotics agents last week after an alleged drug deal at a southwest-side mall, according to court documents.

In addition, an undercover officer purchased nearly a pound of cocaine from Matthew Romero on three separate occasions in Namba Pueblo in the months before he was shot to death Oct. 27 near the Fashion ...

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8-Year-Old Murder Suspect to Go Home for Turkey Day

Posted Nov 20, 08 9:20 AM CST in US,  Crime & Courts 

8-Year-Old Murder Suspect to Go Home for Turkey Day
Source: AP Photo/Dana Felthauser

(Newser) – There’s good news for the 8-year-old boy police believe killed his father and another man. The third-grader, whose shocking video confession made national headlines, will be allowed to leave jail for 48 hours to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, a judge ruled yesterday. Another, perhaps bigger, break: Legal experts tell CNN that said video confession can’t possibly be used in court.

Analysts who saw the tape, in which the boy calmly describes shooting both his father, Vincent Romero, and another man—twice each—uniformly believe the confession will be inadmissible. The boy is never read his rights, and has no parent or guardian present. “The law enforcement conduct in this case is inexplicable,” says one analyst, "from interrogating a third-grader without the presence of a parent or other adult to releasing an inflammatory videotape before a trial."

Source: CNN

More about:  murder • confession • juvenile crime • Apache County Juvenile Detention Center • Vincent Romero

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