Look at these punks. No one is safe, anywhere!
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| David & Melinda Laffer, arrested in drug murders. |
David Laffer loved the military, enough to enlist in the Army seven months before graduating from high school. He loved the Islanders, enough to propose to his fiancee on the big screen at Nassau Coliseum during a game, and regularly post comments on fan forums. Despite his slight frame, he played goalie for years in a deck hockey league.
But in recent years, some friends say, the man they...
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all these people, isn't it?
I don't understand what's gonna be so great about Newsday's coverage that they think someone won't just search the guy's name to see a longer story.
ReplyDeletePolice Beat Editor:
ReplyDeleteAlmost went for a link to the Daily News feature.
A pill-popping, gun-loving Army vet and his junkie wife were charged Wednesday night in the cold-blooded massacre of four innocent people at a Long Island pharmacy.
David Laffer and Melinda Brady were hauled out of his mother's Medford, L.I., house in handcuffs after heavily armed Suffolk County cops stormed the home.
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Brady, described by cops and acquaintances as a pill addict who had been jonesing for a refill, reportedly drove her husband to and from Haven Drugs in Medford, where the massacre took place.
A handcuffed Laffer said only "No" to reporters when asked if he was high when he shot two workers at the family-owned drug store and two customers.
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Detectives zeroed in on Laffer because he was a repeat painkiller customer, owned a .45-caliber pistol and looked just like the weaselly-faced suspect caught on tape leaving the bloody crime scene.
Only in NY, we guess.
[looksist] you'd almost have to do drugs if you had to look at that dude's mug every day[/looksist]
ReplyDeleteDating Editor:
ReplyDeleteBirds of a feather. It must be tough not to be pretty, but we just can't imagine it.