Two Brooklyn friends who spent decades in prison for murdering a French tourist in Times Square on New Year’s 1987 were finally cleared of the charges Wednesday. Eric Smokes, 56, and David Warren, 53, ...
Thirty-seven years after teenagers Eric Smokes and David Warren were busted for a Times Square murder they maintain they did not commit, the two childhood pals had their names cleared Wednesday by a ...
In 1987, Jean Casse, a French tourist, was fatally mugged in Times Square. Eric Smokes, 19, and David Warren, 16, were arrested for Casse's murder and convicted despite maintaining their innocence.
MANHATTAN, New York -- A Manhattan judge on Thursday vacated the murder convictions of two childhood friends accused of killing a French tourist on New Year's Day 1987. Eric Smokes, who was 19, and ...