LI PHARMACY FIEND DAVID LAFFER FORMALLY INDICTED

NOT LAFF-ING NOW

THE man accused of executing four innocent people in a Long Island pharmacy robbery has been formally indicted by a grand jury. Dope Fiend David Laffer, allegedly held up the store and then lined up his victims, before cold bloodedly blasting a bullet into the heads of store workers Raymond Ferguson, 45, and Jennifer Mejia, 17,  and customers Bryon Sheffield, 71, and Jamie Taccetta, 33.
Hours after his arrest the 33-year-old was picked out of a lineup by victim Jamie Taccetta's fiancé, James Manzella -- who had been waiting for her outside the drug store and saw the assassin.
"It was definitely him," Manzella said, according to a police source.
The specific charges in the indictment remained sealed until a date can be
scheduled for a formal arraignment in state Supreme Court, which should happen in the coming days according to Laffer's court appointed attorney, Mary Beth Abbate.
She added that she was happy that her client had been put in protective custody at Suffolk County Jail in Riverhead, where he has held without bail and on suicide watch since his arrest.
She said: "If they put him in the general population there's a lot of strong emotion running around. The jail is not immune to that. Yeah, I am concerned about his safety."
Laffer's wife Melinda Brady, 29, who police say drove the getaway car, was also arrested for third-degree robbery.
She was also charged with obstructing governmental administration.
Brady's scheduled court appearance Tuesday was postponed until July 15, although she could be in court before then if a grand jury returns upgraded or additional charges against her.