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Do-Over: Jury Again Convicts Newark Man Of Murdering Aspiring Police Officer In Lyndhurst Do-Over: Jury Again Convicts Newark Man Of Murdering Aspiring Police Officer In Lyndhurst
Do-Over: Jury Again Convicts Newark Man Of Murdering Aspiring Police Officer In Lyndhurst A Newark man who got a retrial after he was found guilty of killing an aspiring police officer in Lyndhurst was convicted again on Friday. The state Supreme Court had given Fernando Carrero a reprieve when it dismissed his original 2013 conviction. A new jury in state Superior Court in Hackensack found him guilty Friday of first-degree murder, hindering and weapons counts -- same as the first time -- following a three-week trial. All that’s left now is a scheduled March 30 sentencing, unless there is another appeal. Carrero was 17 when he gunned down 21-year-old Jose Hall in cold blood i…

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by Jerry DeMarco