Four law enforcement officers testified in the trial of Pablo David Agosto Acevedo, a 41-year-old man accused in the “sloppy” killing Pedie Edward II and dumping the 39-year-old’s body in New Jersey’s Hackensack River before fleeing to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
On Feb. 6, two police sergeants, a detective and a crime scene technician testified. The jury was shown body-worn camera footage from one of the sergeants, as well as Vivint doorbell footage from North Decker Avenue, where Edwards was fatally shot.
Defense attorney Mauricio Barreiro objected to the inclusion of accompanying audio in the bodycam footage, arguing that the words of nearby witnesses in the background constituted hearsay and could mislead jurors. Barreiro, who had not recently reviewed the video, told Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn Stewart Mays he was unsure who was speaking in the footage other than the detective, as the prosecution sent him disorganized evidence. He noted he was overseeing a large number of murder cases at the time. His objection was overruled, and the video was played with sound…