Four of the five defendants who pleaded guilty in the University of Rochester kidnapping case have been sentenced. Dennis Perez and Elliot Rivera received 35 year prison terms. Leah Gigliotti will serve 13 years and Samantha Hughes 15. Jesus Castro-Ubiles also pleaded guilty, but he’s being sentenced separately. Four other suspects were convicted earlier this week […]
Three suspects in the University of Rochester kidnapping case have now agreed to plead guilty for reduced sentences…and four more suspects are considering if they’ll take their chances in a trial instead. Samantha Hughes has agreed to plead guilty to a kidnapping charge in return for no more than 15 years in prison. […]
More details about the abduction of two University of Rochester students are coming out this week. Four of the nine suspects were in court this week, each claiming through their attorneys that they were pawns in a crime planned by four other men. The evidence hearing this week was to verify that all evidence and […]