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June 25, 2010 in City
Murder witness makes plea deal
A witness in a gang-related murder pleaded guilty to two felonies Thursday in a sealed agreement with prosecutors.
Antonio E. Cook Jr., 28, will remain in jail pending sentencing, which was not immediately scheduled.
The deal drops several charges, including robbery, gun and drug possession, but those charges can be refiled if Cook doesn’t comply with the deal, Deputy Prosecutor Mark Cipolla said in court.
Police say Cook told them that Edward “TD” Thomas, a fugitive, admitted to shooting John S. Williams six or seven times before firing a single round into his face at close range on Jan. 17.
Cook was arrested in February after police found his fingerprints on the stolen gun used to kill Williams, but he isn’t believed to have been present when Williams was killed. Cook had threatened a teen who was cooperating with police, leading to the intimidation conviction. The assault charge was for an unrelated incident in September.
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D Statler on August 20 at 10:05 p.m.
There goes our finest prosecutor making more deals with scumbags. If the prosecutors office did their jobs,These deals with scumbags that have fingerprints all over murder weapons would not be necessary.They made a deal with a snitch that confessed to FIVE violent home invasions to get a conviction on THREE innocent young men.I am not sure who is most dangerous to our society.The gang members killing each other or our corrupt prosecutors office making deals with the devil to avoid extra work! Using these snitches that have so much to gain by fabricating testimony is VERY dangerous buisness. How can the prosecutors office be allowed to make these deals? Only judges and Jurys should decide who goes to jail and who gets off easy. The snitches testimony isn’t worth the paper the prosecutors office wrote the deal on!