Topic: Steven Armento

Lillo Brancato, an actor being tried for murder, says he was trying to let himself into his drug dealer's home when his friend shot a New York police officer.

An actor featured on "The Sopranos" was ratted out by his alleged ex-drug dealer, who testified for the prosecution at his New York trial on a murder charge.

Actor Lillo Brancato Jr., who is on trial for murder in New York, wasn't responsible for a police officer's death, his lawyer said during opening statements.

More than 30 New York police officers gathered Wednesday at a Bronx courthouse as trial began for a man accused of fatally shooting an off-duty officer.

A New York woman told a court she couldn't serve as an unbiased juror in a cop-slaying trial because she had once been a murder victim.

Prosecutors in the Bronx section of New York argue Steven Armento was clear-minded when he bragged from his hospital bed about outgunning a police officer.

Former "Sopranos" star Lillo Brancato's jail work detail keeps him out of trouble and in the sun as he awaits trial in the death of a New York police officer. The tanned Brancato hauls trash, which "requires him to be outside all day," his lawyer, Joe Tac

The lawyer for actor Lillo Brancato says he has a witness who could back up his client's version of the slaying of an off-duty New York policeman.

Actor Lillo Brancato Jr. and Steven Armento, charged in the shooting death of a New York police officer, may get separate trials.

The attorney for "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato Jr. says his client wants to cooperate with New York prosecutors who have charged him with murder.