The defendant put a handgun to the head of the female victim ... and told her he would kill her if she looked at him again.

He told her, 'If you do what I say, I won't kill you,'

At the end I told them how proud I was of them. We've been working on the strategy of how to use the clock and work it to your advantage and they did that tonight.

He (Rodriguez) stabbed one of the men, and he reported to police he was the victim. The co-defendant (Masse) has 14 stitches. He (Rodriguez) was smart enough to call the police, my client wasn't.

He just threatened [the sister]. Apparently he told her he would kill her if she said anything. She was paralyzed and in shock for a couple of hours until she went in and talked with her dad. Then, her dad couldn't believe it either. He cased the house and then realized it was true.

The victim apparently removed a packet of the heroin-cocaine mixture that the defendant had placed in the same pocket that contained the candy,