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Jury Selection In Law Officers' Trial To Begin

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published December 13, 2012 at 7:11 AM EST

Jury selection begins today in the trial of three law enforcement officers accused of leading a drunk man to his death.Two Delaware County sheriff's deputies and a State Highway Patrol trooper are charged with dereliction of duty. They're accused of dropping off Uriel Papoca at a fast-food restaurant instead of arresting him earlier this year. Papoca tried to walk home, but was struck and killed by a car.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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