Help keep cop-killer Salvatore Desarno, DIN# 81-A-1798, in prison for life for the 1980 murder of NYPD P.O. Cecil Sledge. Please help us oppose parole by sending a letter to Ms. Lori Hinson, Supervising Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator, Five Points Correctional Facility, 6600 State Route 96, Romulus, NY 14541 (email [email protected]). Please send your letter by mid-August 2022 or September 1, 2022 at the latest. We have included a sample letter below.
Ms. Lori Hinson
Supervising Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator
Five Points Correctional Facility
6600 State Route 96
Romulus, NY 14541
RE: Salvatore Desarno, DIN# 81-A-1798
Dear Ms. Hinson and Members of the Parole Board:
On January 28, 1980, NYPD Police Officer Cecil Sledge, of the 69th Precinct in Brooklyn, was conducting a car stop when a parolee named Salvatore Desarno shot him four times in the chest and killed him. Officer Sledge’s gun belt was caught on Desarno’s car, but the killer hit the gas and dragged the Officer’s body underneath the vehicle for at least a quarter of a mile before Sledge’s corpse fell free in the street.
Desarno was captured by police after he took an elderly woman hostage in her own home.
At the time of his death, 35-year-old Officer Sledge left a grieving widow and two young children: a son aged three, and a daughter nine-months old. He was a 12-year veteran of the New York Police Department.
Desarno was on parole at the time he murdered Officer Sledge. For the family and friends of Officer Sledge, there has never been any parole from the pain and grief of their loved one’s violent and senseless death.
Desarno was convicted in 1981, and sentenced to 25 years to life. He has continued his legacy of violence during his prison time: since 1989, he has been cited numerous times for infractions inside the prison system. Yet, every two years, Desarno seeks parole and his next hearing is coming up this September, 2022.
Desarno deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
I urge the Parole Division of the State of New York to deny the parole petition of Salvatore Desarno. This criminal lost his right to freedom the moment he decided to shoot and kill a uniformed New York City Police Officer in cold blood.
Sincerely,
