A New York teenager awaiting trial in the hate crime killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant has been accused of seven other attacks on Hispanics.
Jeffrey Conroy is charged with murdering Marcelo Lucero.
Today, he pleaded not guilty to a new indictment involving at least seven other assaults.
Conroy and six fellow students are charged with assaulting Hispanics over 14 months in the Patchogue-Medford area of eastern Long Island.
Five of the teens pleaded not guilty last week; the seventh is due in court tomorrow.
All previously pleaded not guilty to hate crime and other charges in the November 8, 2008 stabbing.
Lucero's death has prompted a U.S. Justice Department investigation.
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