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Article: Teen to face trial in killing: Joshua ?Smoke? Bradshaw is charged in stabbing during botched drug buy in W-B.
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- The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2006
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Byline: Terrie Morgan-Besecker
Mar. 17--WILKES-BARRE -- A teenager charged with killing a police informant during a botched drug buy told a friend he "stabbed a guy" because he and his cousin wanted to "get" the man for snitching, a detective testified Thursday. Joshua "Smoke" Bradshaw, 16, allegedly made the statement to a Philadelphia man with whom he went to stay hours after Kevin D'Souza was stabbed to death Jan. 10 while attempting to purchase narcotics in a controlled buy organized by police. The statement, coupled with testimony of a drug agent who set up the buy and several other witnesses, was sufficient evidence for District Judge Martin Kane ...