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February 22, 2008

Convicted killer Bishop pleads not guilty to new charges

Convicted murderer Alfred "Freddie" Bishop pleaded not guilty in Superior Court today to a host of charges, including another murder charge.

Prosecutors say Bishop, 65, killed Gabriel Medeiros, 35, last June after breaking into a home, and shooting both Medeiros’s brother and sister-in-law before fatally shooting Medeiros.

Bishop had spent 33 years in jail for the 1973 murder of James Dunn, who had been Bishop's close friend. He was out of jail for less than a year when he was charged in the Medeiros murder.

A 1993 Providence Journal profile reported that in 1978, corrections officials sent out of state Bishop and 14 other inmates deemed to be wielding control inside the prison.

Then-Gov. J. Joseph Garrahy said at the time that “guards and inmates live in constant mortal fear for their lives.”

Bishop was in shackles, surrounded by marshals at his arraignment today in Kent County Superior Court. Members of the Medeiros family were also on hand.

In all, Bishop faces nine charges, including murder, breaking and entering and numerous firearms charges. He's being held on bail and scheduled for a bail hearing March 6.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson, with reports from staff writer Tom Mooney

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 11:17 AM | Permalink

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