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While Ackermann was mayor in 1972, a 16-year-old high-school dropout named Larry Largey was found dead in a police cell. A police autopsy claimed he died of a drug overdose. City activists claimed he was beaten to death by the police...
DeLuca was one of two officers who arrested Lawrence Largey, aged 17, on October 21, 1972, on charges of drunkenness and assault. When Largey was found dead in his cell three hours after his arrest the Largey family sued the city, alleging that he had been brutalized...
...DeLuca was bypassed because of the pending Largey case he should be given a hearing so that he can clear himself, Pool said...
...city hearing into the case has been postponed until the Largey suit is settled...
DeLuca has departmental charges still pending with regard to the Lawrence Largey case, in which an 18-year-old youth died in his cell after arrest. DeLuca was one of the arresting officers. His counsel was unavailable for comment...