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Harlem Neighbor Shoots Teen Over TV

By Conaway and Strickler

The NY Daily News website reported in a story on January 29, 2009 that Rodney Lewis, 17 was shot to death by his neighbor who did not want to return a television he had borrowed. Authorities allege that Cloves Roche, 26 was confronted by Lewis to return the 32 inch television he had borrowed. The confrontation quickly escalated from words to punches in the fourth floor hallway of the Woodrow Wilson Houses located on E. 105 St. Roche ended the fight with two gun shots, one to the leg and one to the stomach in this NY violent crime case. Yolanda Lewis, mother of the victim, lives a floor above her son's suspected murderer said, "He went to get one of his cousin's television back. No one in their right mind is going to kill somebody over a TV...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).