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Jury to Decide Fate of Accused Home Invaders

Jury to Decide Fate of Accused Home Invaders - Friday, November 20, 2009 at 05:30AM EST

Reported by: Mark Hiller
Friday, Nov 20, 2009 @ 05:30am EST
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY -- The jury will get the case, today, concerning a brutal Luzerne County home invasion.

Closing arguments were given yesterday. The victims in this case say they and their family have been living a nightmare since last year's horrific attack.

The co-defendants, 22-year-old Daniel Pinkney and 27-year-old Kevin Fisher are on trial for aggravated assault, robbery, criminal conspiracy and other charges.

They're accused of storming Nick and Martha Caputo's Pine Street home last November and viciously beating the couple while trying to rob them.

Investigators say the Caputos were targeted because the family owns Caputo's Ice Plant and the defendants expected to find large sums of money in the home.

In Thursday's closing arguments, the defense claimed Pinkney and Fisher were set up by Anthony Cangiano and Joseph Bardi -- who've already pled guilty to conspiracy and testified in this trial.

But the prosecution argued the co-defendants must pay for this brutal crime and that a conviction will give 76-year-old Martha Caputo and her 79-year-old husband their home back. The Caputos agree.

Martha Caputo said, "I'm relieved that it's almost over, that maybe eventually we'll have peace of mind."

Nick Caputo added, “I feel great I feel the same as my wife does, get back to home where we belong."

Judge Peter Paul Olszewski will instruct the jury this morning when court resumes explaining the charges and what the panel needs to consider in deciding whether to convict or acquit.

That Luzerne County jury of 7-men and 5-women could begin deliberations sometime this morning.
 


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