BARNSTABLE — A Barnstable County jury has convicted Adrian Black of Taunton of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Milteer Hendricks of Falmouth, Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois announced.
The jury returned the verdict on Thursday, following a two-week trial that began on March 19th. After deliberating for approximately two hours, the jury found Black guilty in the death of Hendricks, which occurred on June 10, 2023, at an apartment complex in Falmouth.
According to evidence presented at trial, five individuals, including Black, arrived at the complex in a BMW with the intention of attacking Hendricks. The victim was unarmed and outnumbered. Surveillance video from the complex, cell phone videos, and witness statements showed Black stabbing Hendricks in the chest. Hendricks was rushed to Falmouth Hospital and then med-flighted to a Boston-area hospital, where he died of his injuries the following day, June 11, 2023…