Harnett teen pleads guilty to lesser charge in attempt to kill deputy
LILLINGTON — Defendant Mario A. Garza III, wearing an orange jail jumpsuit with his hair spun in two long braids, stood and looked in Sgt. Eric Cook Jr.’s direction as he spoke in halting fashion.“Your honor,” Garza said, “no words can express the way I feel. Sorry will never suffice.”Cook, a 38-year-old deputy with the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office, never once on Wednesday made eye contact with the teenager who had tried to […]
