5.Eddie Lakkis — Direct
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COURT CLERK: All rise for the jury.
(The jury enters the courtroom at 11:25 a.m.)
COURT CLERK: Be seated.
THE COURT: Mr. Weinreb?
MR. WEINREB: Your Honor, the United States calls Eddie Lakkis.
EDDIE LAKKIS, duly sworn
COURT CLERK: Have a seat. State your name, spell your last name for the record, keep your voice up and speak into the mic.
EDDIE LAKKIS: Sure. Eddie Lakkis, L-A-K-K-I-S.
DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. WEINREB:
MR. WEINREB: Good morning, Mr. Lakkis.
EDDIE LAKKIS: Good morning.
MR. WEINREB: How old are you?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Twenty-six.
MR. WEINREB: Where do you work?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Memorial Drive Mobil.
MR. WEINREB: How long have you worked there?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Five years.
MR. WEINREB: Where is -- where on Memorial Drive is the Memorial Drive Mobil station?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Intersecting with River Street.
MR. WEINREB: And what's your job?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Manager.
MR. WEINREB: What does that mean? What do you do?
EDDIE LAKKIS: In charge of daily operations, IT and security.
MR. WEINREB: What does "IT" stand for?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Information technology: the servers, dispensing equipment, cash registers.
MR. WEINREB: Surveillance cameras?
EDDIE LAKKIS: And surveillance cameras, yes.
THE COURT: Mr. Lakkis, will you pull the microphone closer to you just so you're speaking more directly into it?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Sure.
THE COURT: Thank you.
EDDIE LAKKIS: You're welcome.
MR. WEINREB: Mr. Bruemmer, may we have Exhibit 742, please.
BY MR. WEINREB:
MR. WEINREB: Could you take a look at the screen in front of you?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes.
MR. WEINREB: Do you recognize what that is?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes; that's the intersection where we're at, and the Shell is right across the street.
MR. WEINREB: Could you circle the Mobil station?
EDDIE LAKKIS: (Witness complies.)
MR. WEINREB: Let the record reflect that the witness has drawn a circle around the dot that's labeled "Mobil station" that's just -- it's below River Street on the diagram and just to the right of Memorial Drive.
May we have 745, please?
MR. WEINREB: Do you recognize that?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yeah, that's the Mobil station.
MR. WEINREB: Where is this picture being taken from?
EDDIE LAKKIS: From the Shell station.
MR. WEINREB: Exhibit 751, please.
MR. WEINREB: What's that a picture of?
THE COURT: Not admitted.
MR. WEINREB: Oh, I'm sorry. This is a different witness.
751 just for the witness now.
BY MR. WEINREB:
MR. WEINREB: What's that a picture for?
EDDIE LAKKIS: The Mini Mart.
MR. WEINREB: Is that part of the Mobil station?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Correct.
MR. WEINREB: Is that a fair and accurate picture?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes.
MR. WEINREB: The government offers 751.
MS. CLARKE: No objection.
THE COURT: Okay.
(Government Exhibit No. 751 received into evidence.)
BY MR. WEINREB:
MR. WEINREB: Mr. Lakkis, if you don't mind, could you circle the entrance to the Mobil mart?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Sure (indicating).
MR. WEINREB: What is the Mobil mart?
EDDIE LAKKIS: A convenience store.
MR. WEINREB: How many security cameras does the station have?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Sixteen.
MR. WEINREB: Are there any that are inside the Mobil mart?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Four.
MR. WEINREB: In the course of your work as manager, do you sometimes look at the video from the surveillance cameras?
EDDIE LAKKIS: All the time.
MR. WEINREB: Do the cameras take accurate video?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes.
MR. WEINREB: Do the recordings that the cameras make have a date and timestamp?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes.
MR. WEINREB: Are those accurate?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes.
MR. WEINREB: Did you go to the station shortly after midnight on April 18, 2013?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes.
MR. WEINREB: Why?
EDDIE LAKKIS: I was called down by Cambridge police.
MR. WEINREB: What happened when you got there?
EDDIE LAKKIS: The station was taped off. I got in there and I was asked to pull the video off the DVR.
MR. WEINREB: Did you pull surveillance video from all the interior cameras?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes.
MR. WEINREB: Did you review it at the time you pulled it?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes.
MR. WEINREB: Exhibit 752 just for the witness, please.
MR. WEINREB: This is the first frame of a video. I'm just going to play some portion of it for you.
(Video played.)
MR. WEINREB: Do you recall viewing this in my office not long ago?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes.
MR. WEINREB: Is this a composite of video from several different video cameras?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes. This video, yes.
MR. WEINREB: Other than the clips in the very beginning which -- do you know where those are taken from?
EDDIE LAKKIS: The Shell station.
MR. WEINREB: Is the video portion of this exhibit a fair and accurate copy of what you provided to the police that night?
EDDIE LAKKIS: Yes.
MR. WEINREB: I have no further questions at this time.
MS. CLARKE: No questions. Thank you.
THE COURT: All right. Thank you, Mr. Lakkis. You may step down.
EDDIE LAKKIS: Thank you.
(The witness is excused.)
MR. MELLIN: The United States calls Dun Meng.
(Lilun Zhang, Certified Mandarin Interpreter, is duly sworn.)
COURT CLERK: Thank you. Would you have him raise his right hand.