Suspect in Cipriano Murder Has Criminal Past
Tucker Cipriano is currently on probation for a drug conviction in Oakland County.
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Farmington Hills Police say that Tucker Cipriano, the 19-year-old suspect in a grisly, early morning murder has a past that involves drugs.
"(Cipriano) is not a stranger to us," Farmington Hills Police Chief Chuck Nebus said. "He does have a past that involves some drug history, and it's possible they broke into the house looking for money."
Tucker Cipriano and a friend are in custody in connection with the beating death of Tucker's father, Bob, as well as an assault on Tucker's mother and one of his 17-year-old twin brothers.
According to an article in the Detroit Free Press, Tucker Cipriano is on probation in Oakland County after a drug conviction in October, when he pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a controlled substance less than 25 grams.
Cipriano was sentenced in December to 153 days in jail, to be released in May with two years' probation, according to the article.
Cipriano wrote the judge of his case while in jail, asking if he could be released early if he joined the Marine Corps, and back in February the judge said he would consider it. He was released from Oakland County Jail on Feb. 24, but the Free Press says it was not clear why in the court files.
Cipriano stopped attending school in October during his senior year at North Farmington High School.
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Zosha
9:09 am on Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Very sad. My heart goes out to the family. Especially the father, who not only had to endure a nightmare at the hands of his son, but the nightmare of having a child with drug issues. Seems so cliche now a days, a teen on drugs. We hear it so often, see if so often, yet the ones that really feel it are the family's like this one. Tragic. A child on drugs morphs into someone you don't know.