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Minister's Brother Falsely Accused
posted (September 11, 2012)
And tonight, another Castro from the rural area is also making news. Edwin Castro - brother of the Honorable Edmund was named in a police report as a suspect in the stabbing of a 17 year old.

The stabbing occurred at a wedding reception in front of the Maskall Community Center, where the assailant broke a beer bottle and stabbed him.

Police said Edwin Castro was wanted - but he told us it's completely bogus:...

Edwin Castro
"I am not a wanted man because I don't have any police record. The police didn't arrest me and I don't have a charge sheet. Should my name go on the news, I should get a charge sheet, but so far none of that has happen so, please take my name off the air if so be the case."

"They claim to say that I stabbed a 70 year old - who can prove it. At the end of the day I didn't get arrested and I didn't get any charge and so I want them to stop that. They should have never my name to the media if I didn't get a charge sheet or arrested."

We contacted the media house this evening, and one of their reporters told us that yes, Castro's name was called in their news brief but only because the police press office released his name as a suspect on their daily release.

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