Help keep cop-killer Claude Holland, DIN #77A4844, in prison for life for the 1976 murder of Transit Det. George Caccavale. Please help us oppose parole by sending a letter to Ms. Marci Heery, Supervising Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator, Adirondack Correctional Facility, 196 Ray Brook Road, Ray Brook, NY 12977 (email [email protected]) no later than March 14, 2021. We have included a sample letter below.
Ms. Marci Heery
Supervising Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator
Adirondack Correctional Facility
196 Ray Brook Road
Ray Brook, NY 12977
RE: Claude Holland, NYSID # 3182986N / DIN # 77A4844
Dear Ms. Heery:
On Saturday, June 26, 1976, off-duty New York City Transit Detective George Caccavale was shot and killed during a robbery of the Van Dam Check Cashing Corporation in Long Island City. Det. Caccavale was working this second job at the check cashing facility to support his wife and young child. The hold-up had been planned for weeks and the three robber/killers — the late Richard Payton, #78A0098, the late Percy Moore, #78A1182, and Claude Holland, #77A4844 — knew Caccavale was a Police Detective from the placard he kept in his car window. That knowledge did not deter them from stealing tens of thousands of dollars while gunning down Det. Caccavale in cold blood.
Now, the mastermind of this armed robbery and homicide is once again seeking parole. For the family, friends, and colleagues of George Caccavale there will never be any parole from the pain and frustration of his sudden death. Caccavale was a devoted husband, a loving father, and for eleven years an able young Transit Officer serving not only those he cherished, but the entire population of New York. The subjects, who first met in Stateville Penitentiary in Illinois while serving time for previous crimes, fled to other cities with clothing, cash, and transportation provided by Claude Holland, but were eventually caught and convicted of second degree murder.
This hardened convict, Claude Holland, lost his right to freedom the day he decided to rob an armored car and gun down a hard-working Police Detective. It should be noted that, according to his co-hort Richard Payton, Holland also participated in a home invasion and robbery in Short Hills, NJ, the robbery of a liquor store in Brooklyn, and the robbery/murder of a couple in Chicago.
I urge the Parole Division of the State of New York to deny the parole petition of this ruthless killer. Thank you for considering my position.
Sincerely,
