PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Big Trial
By Ralph Cipriano
for Bigtrial.net
At 8:11 p.m. on June 9, 2010, the district attorney’s star witness in the case against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, a man subsequently identified in a 2011 grand jury report as “Billy Doe,” was walking on the 200 block of Allegheny Avenue when he caught the eye of Police Officer Cesar Torres.
At the time, Torres was on patrol in a marked police car, the officer subsequently testified.
Assistant District Attorney Katie Brown asked the officer what caught his eye about Billy Doe:
Q. What was the defendant wearing when you saw him?
A. I believe he had [on] sweatpants with a hoodie that had a jacket over it …
Q. Did something draw your attention to the defendant that brings you here today?
A. Yes, ma’am. I was traveling eastbound and I observed a large bulge coming out of the right side of the defendant’s waist area.
Q. What happened after that?
A. At that time, myself and the defendant made eye contact and he looked very surprised … um, just like, you know a look of shock. His eyes opened wide.
That large bulge turned out to be 56 bags of heroin. This is the story of how a smart criminal lawyer made that heroin disappear.
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