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Bronx Teen Pedro Hernandez Released From Rikers Island
Bronx Teen Pedro Hernandez Released From Rikers Island
Source: NBC New York

Charges Dropped Against Bronx Teen Pedro Hernandez, Says Police Framed Him

Bronx Teen Pedro Hernandez Released From Rikers Island Source: NBC New York

Prosecutors have dismissed all charges against Pedro Hernandez because of inconsistent and contradictory information.

In a report from the New York Daily News, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark made the announcement Wednesday morning just before Hernandez's trial was supposed to begin, noting problems with witness accounts inconsistent information given to prosecutors.

READ: Bronx Teen Pedro Hernandez Released From Rikers Island

"We discovered unanticipated witness and evidentiary issues, including that one of the original witnesses is no longer cooperative," Clark said in a statement. "The investigation also revealed that information originally provided to my office during the initial investigation of this case has now proven to be inconsistent and contradictory. Further, the victim of the shooting is unable to identify who shot him."

Hernandez was only 17 when he was arrested in connection with a 2015 shooting where another teenager was shot in the leg, ultimately serving 13 months at Rikers for a crime he never committed. Although the victim and eight other teens that witnessed the shooting said that Hernandez did not commit the crime he was still arrested. According to those same victims, in video recorded statements, they said that the arresting officer threatened them with physical violence if they did not claim to investigators that the shooter was Hernandez.

Manuel Gomez, a private investigator who worked on behalf of the Hernandez family, supported those claims, having previously alleged an assistant district attorney "falsified the case" while working with two corrupt detectives.

Source: nydailynews.com