Victor Pulecio's News Forum Case No: 224/89 Date of the Crime: 7-12-1989 Date of Conviction: 4-1990 (?) Sentence: 50 years to life in prison for two counts of attempted murder (P.L. 110.00/125.27)(25 years to life each), one count of aggrevated assault upon a police officer (P.L. 120.11)(12.5 to 25 years), one count of first degree assault (P.L.120.10) (5 to 15 years), two counts of second degree assault (P.L. 120.05)(2 1/3 to 7 years twice), one count of 2nd degree criminal possession of a weapon (P.L. 265.03) (5 to 15 years)

Victor Pulecio possibly Innocent In New York Victor A. Pulecio # 90 A 8697 Attica Correctional Facility P.O. Box 149 Attica, NY 14011-0149 USA DOB 12/05/1965

MY CASE

Facts

• Arrested on July 13, 1989 in Newark, New Jersey for the shooting of New York State Troopers Christopher Elg and Noel Sanchez.



• On July 12, 1989, an hour after the shooting a police sketch was transmitted teletype to all police agencies as:
  Hispanic male, 35-40 years of age, 5'9 to 5'11 in height, facial hair/mustache, 210 lbs heavy built, long black curly hair, wearing a dark color baseball cap with the word "Captain" in oval patch, dark colored baseball jacket, wearing a bullet proof vest under a dark color t-shirt with a five point star emblem, dark color pants and white sneakers, driving a four door maroon/red rental car with partial N.Y. plates "ZH" General Motors with a red emergency on the hood.



• Victor was a recent college graduate, 23 years old, 5'7 in height, 165 lbs, clean shaven always, with a brown receiding hairline, with a small scar in the center of the forehead. Victor had rented a two-door blue Dodge Dynasty, N.J. plates and the silver 1987 Buick Register in his name was in a local Buick dealer repair shop.



• The sketch was NOT introduced at trial. Why?



• At trial Victor model the alleged baseball jacket, that the police said was found in Victor's room during their warrant search. It DID NOT fit in size, because it was too small.



• At the crime scene the police found NOTHING that connects to Victor.



• Found sneaker print that was left behind; DID NOT match any of Victor's prints, nor the State Troopers. Then whose? Police never checked.



• Found (7) seven spent shells scattered around the area. Troopers were shot at a point-blank range. Why are the shell castings spread all over the rear plant area?



• Found that another patrol car gave chase after the shooting, but during the chase on Snake Hill Road their car stalled and could not pursuit. Are those vehicles not maintained and service daily to perform? How does one break down in the middle of a police chase?



• How can anyone (civilian) call for law enforcement agency pretending to be another agency for assistance without proper credentials/verification or police code before sending a uniformed patrol car from headquarters? Police said Victor did via cellular phone.



• The next day July 13, 1989:
  Senior Investigator Dennis J. Nolan and Investigator Senior Auld received a telephone call from Gerald Gregory indicating that Victor fit the description. The sketch description?



• Gerald Gregory, Robert Camuglo and Senior Investigator Dennis L. Nolan NEVER testified at trial. Why? They are the prime accuser and Nolan is the Senior Investigator in the case.



• Upon arrest the police wanted Victor to sign a statement. Victor REFUSED, was beaten in attempt to coerce a confession, but he NEVER gave one.



• Victor requested a spectrographic voice analysis and polygraph exam, also a parafin gun residue test. NONE was administered, because they said it was not admissible in the court of law.



• First search warrant, executed without consent. Family members observed items that did not belong to Victor introduced into evidence bags.



• Second search warrant without a date, going overboard a day later to get a cellular phone that is supposed to be permanently installed in the 1987 silver Buick.



• However, upon trial the phone is now in a black carrying case, becoming a mobile cellular phone. How?



• The prosecutor at trial emphasises over and over again that is Victor's voice. How could they determine it, if Victor NEVER spoke at trial for the jury to compare, and if the 5-6 second tape recording to the police headquarters was even Victor's voice?



• At trial the prosecution had three people who said it was Victor's voice. All three are in law enforcement currently/retired. Are they going to go against their own collegues? No, of course not.



• My four character witnesses can verify it was NOT my voice, but where never asked by the defense nor prosecutor.



• Why is Victor's register permanently installed by a cell-phone company into a silver Buick and now on a black carrying bag mobile with calls to state police barracks? Victor CANNOT explain! If a fingerprint is done on the black tape, that is put together to make the phone mobile, it would show that it is NOT Victor's print.



• Intensive pre-trial publicity.



• Victor's photo in all tri-state newspapers.



• Photo array was highly suggestive - done after releasing the picture in the press, TV and media.



• At the the line-up (four months after the arrest) Victor was asked to wear a blue baseball cap and wear a blue sheet over while sitting down line-up was done with line-up fill-ins who consisted of all deputy sheriff dept. Why did they not have a height/weight description by the troopers?



• Victor did own a gun, registered in New Jersey with its' permit to carry. It is very hard to obtain in New Jersey, unless you have a CLEAN RECORD.



• Since 1987 Victor owned a .380 Baretta semi-automatic, 85 model (9mm).



• Police said it was the same gun. How was that determined, if according to them the bullet is still lodged in trooper Sanchez's neck area? How was that compared?



• Question as to the distance determination (range of fire), external terminal ballistic calculations determination (trajectory, ricochet, penetration, etc.) was NEVER done by Victor's defense attorney at the time because of the lack of money.



• Victor questions the point-blank range (3 to 4 feet) shooting. Trooper Elg was released from the hospital an hour after with a scratch to his forehead. Trooper Sanchez received a bullet into the cheek/ below the eye area, and its bullet is still inside his head? They are both back to work.



• The troopers were supposed to be shot at point-blank with a short 9millimeter caliber semi-automatic. It is questionable as to the whole story at that range.



• There are many inconsistencies from the time of Victor's arrest to now. Victor maintains his non-involvement, that evidence was planted to fit their story. Framed to cover their illegal activities and obtained the 30 Million lawsuit filed prior to Victor's conviction to Victor's former employer Sahlen and Associates. If Victor was found guilty, they get the money.



• In 1993 Governor Pataki assigned a special prosecutor, Nelson Roth to investigate the New York State Police in tampering evidence. Victor's arresting Troop F - Middletown was included and convicted an investigator Edward Pilus and mentioned the crime scene investigator Kenneth Jones, who testified in Victor's case, with tampering with evidence in several other cases.



• FBI probing state troopers over drugs and other misconducts in Troop F, the same troop that investigated Victor's case.



• The District Attorney of Rockland County, Kenneth Gribetz, was disbarred in 1997 media scandal, that involved the misuse of county funds and taking of brides in other cases.

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