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Cudjoe Young Sentenced Amid Murder Trial
Cudjoe Young just got 14 years for armed robbery and 9 for attempted robbery — both sentences running concurrently — stemming from a case involving two exotic dancers. The real horror? One victim, Mercedes Vega, was murdered in 2023 before she could testify against him. Prosecutors allege Young ordered her killing to silence her. Her family, devastated, pushed for justice — her mother even read Vega’s planned courtroom testimony about safety and maximum sentencing. Young now faces a separate murder trial next year, where the state seeks the death penalty, claiming he orchestrated the killing…
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