3:46 PM: Sources tell me that Sean Lockhart, Grant Roy, and Robert Wagner are all at the courthouse, but they're not expected to testify today.
3:29 PM: The Citizens' Voice also chimes in about Justin Hensley... Harlow Cuadra and his partner Joseph Kerekes made more than $10,000 per week on their gay male prostitution business in Virginia Beach, Va., a former employee testified Tuesday afternoon.
Justin Hensley said he started working for Cuadra in April 2005 because he was very poor. When he worked for them, Cuadra and Kerekes wouldn’t let him leave their home for long, because they wanted him to be available at all times for potential clients.
“I could only leave for a short lunch,” he said.
Ten witnesses have testified Tuesday, including Hensley, in Cuadra’s capital homicide trial. He is accused of killing Bryan Kocis at his Dallas Towsnship home, so he could expand his burgeoning pornography business.
Cuadra, 27, and Kerekes,35, were looking to expand their pornography business and were hoping to land some well-known actors, Hensley said, including Sean Lockhart, who had a contract with Kocis.
Four days before Kocis was killed, Harlow Cuadra purchased a background report on Kocis, showing information such as his address, phone number and other facts about the Dallas Township man, a witness testified this morning.
Jennifer Marie Ortega, an employee of the Web based company USA People Search, said Cuadra purchased a “comprehensive background report on Kocis on January 20, 2007. Kocis was stabbed to death at his Dallas Township home on January 24, 2007.
Cuadra killed Kocis, a rival producer of gay pornography, to further his own gay pornography business.
3:12 PM: Justin Hensley is on the stand, and the Times Leader is reporting that a former employee of Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes said he earned $225 working as a male escort.
Justin Hensley said he resided with Cuadra and Kerekes, and knew they wanted to film movies with Sean Lockhart, an actor in gay pornographic films.
"They would definately profit a lot of money," Hensely said if Cuadra and Lockhart produced films.
Hensley, who is engaged to a female, said Cuadra and Kerekes earned $225 per hour and up to $10,000 a week in their escort business in Virginia Beach. Hensley said clients to the escort business was a U.S. Senator, government contractors working for the U.S. Military and physicians.
Hensley said Cuadra and Kerekes wanted to make more money so they expanded into pornographic films.
"The only statements that I heard Cuadra say was Cobra Video is a main rival," Hensley said.
Cuadra, 27, is charged in killing Cobra Video operator Bryan Kocis, 44, at Kocis' Dallas Township home on Jan. 24, 2007. Hensley said he was aware that Cuadra met Lockhart, known in the industry as Brent Corrigan, at an adult video news award ceremony in Las Vegas, Nev., in mid-January.
Hensley said he left the home of Cuadra and Kerekes because they "wanted me to stay there and work all the time and not have a social life. I was only allowed to leave on the weekends and if I went out to get a sandwich, I had to come right back."
Hensley is still on the witness stand on Cuadra's second day of trial before Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. He will resume testimony after a 20 minute break.
2:07 PM: Sources tell me that two other witness testified this morning, a Virginia Beach Police Officer who testified about seeing the rental car at Cuadra's place, and Karen Vuaxon, who works for AOL and testified about records pertaining to Kocis' site.
2:02 PM: From an earlier report, the Times Leader said... Prosecutors continue to build their case against Harlow Cuadra, alleging the 27-year old fabricated two applications under another name, and purchased personal information on rival pornographic movie producer Bryan Kocis.
Investigators alleged Cuadra and his partner, Joseph Kerekes, 35, both from Virginia Beach, killed Kocis inside Kocis' Dallas Township home on Midland Drive on Jan. 24, 2007.
Cuadra's jury trial before Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. began Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Kocis' Webmaster Alex Puente, of Miami, Fla., testified Cobra Video - Kocis' production company - received two model applications from Danny Moilin on Jan. 22, 2007.
Puente said the application was completed from the same computer, in which, Assistant District Attorney Michael Melnick alleged was Cuadra's computer.
Upon questioning by Cuadra's lawyers, Joseph D'Andrea and Paul Walker, Puente said he wouldn't know who actually submitted the applications.
Jennifer Ortega, a representative from USA People Search based in Sacramento, Calif., testified that someone using a Discover credit card registered to Cuadra purchased personal information on Kocis on Jan. 20, 2007. The information, Ortega said, contained Kocis' address, telephone number and neighbors.
Deborah Crane, an employee at Superior Pawn Shops in Virginia Beach, testified Cuadra and Kerekes purchased a handgun and a knife from the shop on Jan. 23, 2007.
Melnick showed to the jury a surveillance video from the pawn shop illustrating Cuadra and Kerekes purchasing the items.
1:35 PM: According to the Times Leader, Bryan Kocis was on the telephone speaking with his attorney when investigators suspect Harlow Cuadra arrived at his Dallas Township home.
Attorney Sean Ernesto Macias, of Los Angeles, Calif., testified that he was speaking with Kocis on Jan. 24, 2007, when Kocis put the phone down and answered his door.
"He seemed to be in a good mood," Macias said from the witness stand. "My conversation was brief with him; he said he was expecting a guest that day, a model or something.
"He went to answer the door, it sounded like he put the phone down and said Hello, the name started with a D," Macias said.
Macias was the sixth witness to testify for prosecutors on day two of Cuadra's capital murder trial before Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr.
Prosecutors alleged Cuadra, 27, and his partner, Joseph Kerekes, 35, killed Kocis, whom they considered their rival in the pornography movie industry on Jan. 24, 2007.
Earlier today, Kocis' Webmaster, Alex Puente, testified Kocis' company Cobra Video received a model application from Danny Moilin on Jan. 22, 2007.
Assistant district attorneys Michael Melnick, Shannon Crake and Allyson Kacmanski are trying to convince the jury that Danny Moilin is Cuadra.
Macias represented Kocis in a federal civil suit filed against Cobra Video contract model, Sean Lockhart, and Lockhart's business agent, Grant Roy, a director of pornographic films.
Macias said the suit, which alleged Lockhart violated the copyrighted name of Brent Corrigan, was settled sometime in January 2007.
11:02 AM: The Citizens' Voice reports this morning that four days before Bryan Kocis was killed, Harlow Cuadra purchased a background report on Kocis, that showed information such as his address, phone number and other facts about the Dallas Township man, a witness testified this morning.
Jennifer Marie Ortega, an employee of the Web based company USA People Search, said Cuadra purchased a “comprehensive background report on Kocis on January 20, 2007.
Kocis was stabbed to death at his Dallas Township home on January 24, 2007.
Prosecutors called four witnesses this morning in the capital case against Cuadra, 27, who could face the death penalty if found guilty of first-degree homicide in Kocis’ 2007 death. Prosecutors allege Cuadra killed Kocis, a rival producer of gay pornography, to further his own gay pornography business.
Kocis owned Cobra Video. Alexander Fuente, who was the Web master of Cobra Video’s online site, testified Tuesday that days before his death Kocis received two e-mails to the Cobra site from a man named Danny Moilin, who wanted to audition as an actor for Kocis. The five photos attached with the e-mail were shown to jurors and looked similar to Cuadra.
Prosecution will call more witnesses this morning after a 20 minute break.
8:28 AM: Sources in the courtroom tell me that Harlow Cuadra's second day of trial is scheduled to begin in about 5 minutes. Stay tuned for further updates throughout the day.
3:29 PM: The Citizens' Voice also chimes in about Justin Hensley... Harlow Cuadra and his partner Joseph Kerekes made more than $10,000 per week on their gay male prostitution business in Virginia Beach, Va., a former employee testified Tuesday afternoon.
Justin Hensley said he started working for Cuadra in April 2005 because he was very poor. When he worked for them, Cuadra and Kerekes wouldn’t let him leave their home for long, because they wanted him to be available at all times for potential clients.
“I could only leave for a short lunch,” he said.
Ten witnesses have testified Tuesday, including Hensley, in Cuadra’s capital homicide trial. He is accused of killing Bryan Kocis at his Dallas Towsnship home, so he could expand his burgeoning pornography business.
Cuadra, 27, and Kerekes,35, were looking to expand their pornography business and were hoping to land some well-known actors, Hensley said, including Sean Lockhart, who had a contract with Kocis.
Four days before Kocis was killed, Harlow Cuadra purchased a background report on Kocis, showing information such as his address, phone number and other facts about the Dallas Township man, a witness testified this morning.
Jennifer Marie Ortega, an employee of the Web based company USA People Search, said Cuadra purchased a “comprehensive background report on Kocis on January 20, 2007. Kocis was stabbed to death at his Dallas Township home on January 24, 2007.
Cuadra killed Kocis, a rival producer of gay pornography, to further his own gay pornography business.
3:12 PM: Justin Hensley is on the stand, and the Times Leader is reporting that a former employee of Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes said he earned $225 working as a male escort.
Justin Hensley said he resided with Cuadra and Kerekes, and knew they wanted to film movies with Sean Lockhart, an actor in gay pornographic films.
"They would definately profit a lot of money," Hensely said if Cuadra and Lockhart produced films.
Hensley, who is engaged to a female, said Cuadra and Kerekes earned $225 per hour and up to $10,000 a week in their escort business in Virginia Beach. Hensley said clients to the escort business was a U.S. Senator, government contractors working for the U.S. Military and physicians.
Hensley said Cuadra and Kerekes wanted to make more money so they expanded into pornographic films.
"The only statements that I heard Cuadra say was Cobra Video is a main rival," Hensley said.
Cuadra, 27, is charged in killing Cobra Video operator Bryan Kocis, 44, at Kocis' Dallas Township home on Jan. 24, 2007. Hensley said he was aware that Cuadra met Lockhart, known in the industry as Brent Corrigan, at an adult video news award ceremony in Las Vegas, Nev., in mid-January.
Hensley said he left the home of Cuadra and Kerekes because they "wanted me to stay there and work all the time and not have a social life. I was only allowed to leave on the weekends and if I went out to get a sandwich, I had to come right back."
Hensley is still on the witness stand on Cuadra's second day of trial before Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. He will resume testimony after a 20 minute break.
2:07 PM: Sources tell me that two other witness testified this morning, a Virginia Beach Police Officer who testified about seeing the rental car at Cuadra's place, and Karen Vuaxon, who works for AOL and testified about records pertaining to Kocis' site.
2:02 PM: From an earlier report, the Times Leader said... Prosecutors continue to build their case against Harlow Cuadra, alleging the 27-year old fabricated two applications under another name, and purchased personal information on rival pornographic movie producer Bryan Kocis.
Investigators alleged Cuadra and his partner, Joseph Kerekes, 35, both from Virginia Beach, killed Kocis inside Kocis' Dallas Township home on Midland Drive on Jan. 24, 2007.
Cuadra's jury trial before Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. began Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Kocis' Webmaster Alex Puente, of Miami, Fla., testified Cobra Video - Kocis' production company - received two model applications from Danny Moilin on Jan. 22, 2007.
Puente said the application was completed from the same computer, in which, Assistant District Attorney Michael Melnick alleged was Cuadra's computer.
Upon questioning by Cuadra's lawyers, Joseph D'Andrea and Paul Walker, Puente said he wouldn't know who actually submitted the applications.
Jennifer Ortega, a representative from USA People Search based in Sacramento, Calif., testified that someone using a Discover credit card registered to Cuadra purchased personal information on Kocis on Jan. 20, 2007. The information, Ortega said, contained Kocis' address, telephone number and neighbors.
Deborah Crane, an employee at Superior Pawn Shops in Virginia Beach, testified Cuadra and Kerekes purchased a handgun and a knife from the shop on Jan. 23, 2007.
Melnick showed to the jury a surveillance video from the pawn shop illustrating Cuadra and Kerekes purchasing the items.
1:35 PM: According to the Times Leader, Bryan Kocis was on the telephone speaking with his attorney when investigators suspect Harlow Cuadra arrived at his Dallas Township home.
Attorney Sean Ernesto Macias, of Los Angeles, Calif., testified that he was speaking with Kocis on Jan. 24, 2007, when Kocis put the phone down and answered his door.
"He seemed to be in a good mood," Macias said from the witness stand. "My conversation was brief with him; he said he was expecting a guest that day, a model or something.
"He went to answer the door, it sounded like he put the phone down and said Hello, the name started with a D," Macias said.
Macias was the sixth witness to testify for prosecutors on day two of Cuadra's capital murder trial before Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr.
Prosecutors alleged Cuadra, 27, and his partner, Joseph Kerekes, 35, killed Kocis, whom they considered their rival in the pornography movie industry on Jan. 24, 2007.
Earlier today, Kocis' Webmaster, Alex Puente, testified Kocis' company Cobra Video received a model application from Danny Moilin on Jan. 22, 2007.
Assistant district attorneys Michael Melnick, Shannon Crake and Allyson Kacmanski are trying to convince the jury that Danny Moilin is Cuadra.
Macias represented Kocis in a federal civil suit filed against Cobra Video contract model, Sean Lockhart, and Lockhart's business agent, Grant Roy, a director of pornographic films.
Macias said the suit, which alleged Lockhart violated the copyrighted name of Brent Corrigan, was settled sometime in January 2007.
11:02 AM: The Citizens' Voice reports this morning that four days before Bryan Kocis was killed, Harlow Cuadra purchased a background report on Kocis, that showed information such as his address, phone number and other facts about the Dallas Township man, a witness testified this morning.
Jennifer Marie Ortega, an employee of the Web based company USA People Search, said Cuadra purchased a “comprehensive background report on Kocis on January 20, 2007.
Kocis was stabbed to death at his Dallas Township home on January 24, 2007.
Prosecutors called four witnesses this morning in the capital case against Cuadra, 27, who could face the death penalty if found guilty of first-degree homicide in Kocis’ 2007 death. Prosecutors allege Cuadra killed Kocis, a rival producer of gay pornography, to further his own gay pornography business.
Kocis owned Cobra Video. Alexander Fuente, who was the Web master of Cobra Video’s online site, testified Tuesday that days before his death Kocis received two e-mails to the Cobra site from a man named Danny Moilin, who wanted to audition as an actor for Kocis. The five photos attached with the e-mail were shown to jurors and looked similar to Cuadra.
Prosecution will call more witnesses this morning after a 20 minute break.
8:28 AM: Sources in the courtroom tell me that Harlow Cuadra's second day of trial is scheduled to begin in about 5 minutes. Stay tuned for further updates throughout the day.
