Accused of murder-for-hire in death

A Beacon resident arrested in June on murder charges has pleaded not guilty in state court.

Naije Perrette, 25, was charged with murder, contract killing, intentional murder and conspiracy in the shooting death of Lionel Pittman, 32, in a parking lot at Forrestal Heights in Beacon in May 2022.

Prosecutors claim Perrette organized the killing, pointed out the victim to the gunman and paid the killer and the killer’s driver. Authorities did not release the names of the other alleged participants.

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One reply on “Man Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case”

  1. I am not sure this constitutes journalism, or perhaps more accurately that this is the kind of story our local newspapers should be covering. There have been several incidents in which The Current published people’s names for crimes or alleged crimes and it has caused great harm to them and their families. Is that what The Current wants to be now? I knew the founder, Gordon Stewart, and he would be appalled at this tabloid-style “police blotter” reporting. We should leave that to the other guys.

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