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‘NY Times’ Examines Alpo Martinez’s Double Life In Witness Protection

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‘NY Times’ Examines Alpo Martinez’s Double Life In Witness Protection

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Alpo Martinez has been lifeless for months and his story continues to get extra attention-grabbing. A brand new article explores his double life as a member of the witness safety program.

This week The New York Instances printed an in depth piece that examined Albert “Alpo” Martinez’s life after being launched from jail in 2015 after serving 35-year sentence for 14 counts of homicide. He can be then relocated to Lewiston, Maine underneath the alias Abraham Rodriguez and labored as a building employee. Author Ali Watkins spoke to a number of people who knew him as a straightforward going fellow. “He was the nicest neighbor,” mentioned Marissa Ritchey. “He was at all times well mannered, good with the canine. You by no means would have thought something. He was one of many first rate ones. He’d assist the previous individuals take their trash out.”

However as a number of of his former pals and friends predicted he would solely benefit from the quiet life however a lot. In keeping with one in all his neighbors he acquired himself kicked out of this system. “He apparently had someway tousled the situations of witness safety again in 2018,” Nik Pappaconstantine mentioned. “He would experience all the way down to New York with someone else. He was at all times anxious concerning the authorities watching.”

His former buddy Kevin Chiles, founding father of Don Diva Journal, theorizes that Po couldn’t resist the attract of the life. “He wished to peg his hat on redemption,” he mentioned. “He’s a narcissist past something that I might put my finger on. He wanted that spotlight.”

The rationale for his homicide remains to be unknown at the moment. Most just lately Damon Sprint confirmed he’s producing the sequel to Paid In Full which is loosely based mostly on the tales of Alpo Martinez, Wealthy Porter and Azie Faison.

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