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Judge Rejects Accused Cop's Plea Deal
Felony charges reportedly would have been reduced to two misdemeanors.
Stephen Coco will, indeed, face a jury after a judge rejected a plea deal that would have cut his potential jail time down to a fraction if what he now potentially faces.
Despite reports that it was unlikely the judge would refuse the deal, which would have reduced two felony counts of conduct after an accident to misdemeanor charges, the fired Manchester Police sergeant appears headed to court.
WMUR is reporting that the aforementioned plea deal was rejected Tuesday morning and Coco will answer to the charges stemming from allegations that he struck two Bedford teens with his unmarked police vehicle and then fled the scene on March 22.
The trial is set to begin March 3, 2014.
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