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Defense attorneys alleged police incompetency during closing arguments for an evidentiary hearing Wednesday for Angelo Colon-Ortiz, the man charged in the 2016 killing of Vanessa Marcotte.

Defense lawyers for Angelo Colon-Ortiz, accused of the 2016 killing of Vanessa Marcotte, challenged the competency and communication skills of police officers who collected his DNA sample.

WORCESTER – A suppression hearing for Angelo Colon-Ortiz, the man charged in the killing of Vanessa Marcotte in 2016, will be held Wednesday and Thursday in Worcester Superior Court.  Colon-Ortiz, who pleaded not guilty, is asking that DNA evidence linking him to the crime be thrown out, alleging that the circumstances of his DNA collection by police in March 2017 were unlawful.  Marcotte, 27, was visiting her mother in Princeton when she went missing during a jog Aug. 7, 2016. Her bod...

Police logs 11:44 a.m. Animal, animal control call, Beechwood Road 2:02 p.m. Animal, animal control call, caller report, South Road 2:51 p.m. Accident, personal injury, call report, Main Street 4:32 p.m. Suspicious incident, caller report, Holt Road Thursday, Jan. 14 1:36 p.m. Accident, property damage, Main Street 11:01 p.m. Animal, caller report, Mill and Wachusett streets Friday, Jan. 15 1:41 p.m. Suspicious incident, caller report, Bull Run 5:33 p.m. Accident, property damage, caller report...

Police logs 7:54 p.m. Accident, hit and run, caller report, Kendall Drive Wednesday, Dec. 16 1:17 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle, caller report, Bailey Road 1:40 p.m. Accident, property damage, walk-in, Main Street 1:51 p.m. Animal, animal control call, Meadow Wood Drive 2:50 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle, caller report, Manning Street 2:55 p.m. Animal, caller report, Bullard Street 3:30 p.m. Power outage, light department call, caller report, Bullard Street 10:50 p.m. Accident, nonreportable, ...