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September 4, 2007

Teen pleads not guilty to Attleboro fatal stabbing

ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A New Bedford teenager charged with fatally stabbing an Attleboro man over the weekend pleads not guilty to murder.

Prosecutors say 17-year-old Robert Pelletier stabbed 18-year-old David Morales once in the abdomen after some sort of a confrontation on Saturday night outside of Morales’ apartment.

Morales was taken to Sturdy Memorial Hospital where he later died.

At the arraignment in Attleboro District Court, Pelletier’s lawyer claimed his client acted in self-defense.

Pelletier was ordered held on $100,000 cash bail. The case remains under investigation. Pelletier is due back in court on Sept. 20.

-- The Associated Press

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