clothes with guns pointing at me. and i m like, what the heck is this? even without a warrant, police search joe s apartment. we did recover three large knives and several other smaller items. some clothing. and we confiscated all kinds of stuff that we found there. a black pickup truck later determined to belong to mike keenan, was parked in the driveway and impounded by police. mike keenan was arrested the following day. from there, things moved fast. at the station, eddie espinoza immediately began talking. eddie espinoza told a story about mike keenan and joe d ambrosio forcing tony klann into mike keenan s pickup truck. they went around looking for stoney lewis. stoney lewis couldn t be found. and evidently in frustration decided to kill tony klann.
apparently, mike keenan, eddie espinoza, and joe d ambrosio were convinced stoney lewis had stolen drugs from them. and they were forcing tony klann to lead them to stoney. tony had been crying. he looked like he had been beat a little bit. and they saw joe d ambrosio with a knife to his throat. this was at 3:00 in the morning. saturday morning. stoney lewis s story was all detectives needed to hear. we went up into cleveland heights and took five cleveland heights policemen with us. and we went to joe d ambrosio s apartment. 1732 coventry road. eddie espinoza answered the door and was placed under arrest. next police searched for joe. first thing in the morning, the cops break in. i m all the way in the back in the bathroom sitting on the toilet. all i see is the door fling open and i see two guys in plain
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joe supposedly grabs the knife and goes after anthony in the creek bed, stabbing him. and yet there were no tire tracks or anything on the side of the creek. and so i thought, whoa, something s not right here. neil believed espinoza had to be lying. but a witness who was lying did not necessarily mean joe was telling the truth. neil needed to know more about joe s background. joe s father died when he was 17 years old. joe is the only boy in the family. so his father s death was very traumatic for him. i had to become the breadwinner. and as soon as i graduated i went right into the military. i was what they call a shade tree mechanic. i worked on everything from a jeep all the way up to a 35,000 kw generator that used to launch missiles.
keenan and joe d ambrosio with aggravated murder. each would face the death penalty. joe s court-appointed lawyer convinced him to waive his right to a jury trial. i haven t a clue of the law. so whatever they said, i did. the prosecution was handled by a tough veteran litigator named carmen marino. on this case from my standpoint it was a job well done by the police officers. they investigated a good case and brought in good witnesses. there was nothing in this case that i had to do that the police didn t already do. and that s rare. at trial, the state s case hinged on eddie espinoza s eyewitness account of the murder and the testimony of stoney lewis. to defend himself, joe took the stand. but his only alibi was that he was home alone sleeping. the prosecutor just tore me apart. you know.