NATIONAL BRIEFING / NEW YORK
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One of seven teenagers accused in the fatal attack on a Latino immigrant pleaded guilty to gang assault and hate crime charges and agreed to testify against the other defendants.
Nicholas Hausch entered his plea in Suffolk County Court. He could be sentenced to five to 25 years in prison.
The teens are accused in the Nov. 8, 2008, killing of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue in eastern Long Island.
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