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Convictions reversed for two men in 1992 kidnapping case

The panel ruled Wednesday that authorities withheld information that might have cleared Everton Wagstaffe and Reginald Connor of the charges.

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A panel ruled Wednesday that authorities withheld information that might have cleared Everton Wagstaffe and Reginald Connor of the charges. It also dismissed the indictments against them.
  • By Associated Press

| NEW YORK

A state appeals court has聽overturned聽the guilty verdicts of two men聽convicted聽in 1993 of kidnapping a 16-year-old Brooklyn girl.

The panel ruled Wednesday that authorities withheld information that might have cleared Everton Wagstaffe and Reginald Connor of the charges. It also dismissed the indictments against them.

Both men have always maintained their innocence.

The bludgeoned body of Jennifer Negron was found on a Brooklyn street on Jan. 1, 1992. A judge dismissed the murder charges due to lack of evidence.

The appeals court ruled that prosecutors buried documents that might have shown police and the prime witness had lied.

The Brooklyn district attorney's office said it was reviewing the decision.

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