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...dazed Largey was then taken to Cambridge Police Headquarters and put into a jail cell. At 3 a.m., five hours after his arrest, Largey was discovered dead in his cell...
Lawrence P. Largey's death in a Cambridge jail cell last October, the issue that first brought local prominence to Roosevelt Towers, has not yet been resolved...
...Largey, age 17, lived several blocks from Roosevelt Towers and usually hung out with friends at the housing project. One night last October, police arrested him for drunk and disorderly conduct (he threw a brick through a store front window) and for assaulting a police officer. According to several eyewitnesses, Largey was beaten by the arresting officer. Peter DeLuca, inside the police paddywagon. DeLuca claimed he hit Largey several times but only in self defense...
Liacos released his findings in November, criticizing police department procedures for handling arrests and finding that DeLuca and three other officers, Rudolph Carbone, Robert Mills and Anthony J. Temmallo, acted improperly with regard to Largey's arrest. He recommended the City take disciplinary action against the four policemen...
Corcoran recently called the City's failure to wind up the Largey case the "biggest disappointment" of his last year in office. Cambridge's Assistant City Solicitor, Russell Higley, said recently that the City is "still working hard" on DeLuca's case and that the case should come up to trial in October...