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 The Parole Board, Five Points Correctional Facility, 6600 State Route 96, Romulus, NY 14541 Please send your letter by mid-March. We have included a sample letter below:
Members of the Parole Board &
Supervising Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator
Five Points Correctional Facility
6600 State Route 96
Romulus, NY 14541
RE: Salvatore DeSarno, DIN# 81-A-1798
Dear 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 auto 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, born in 1958, was a 22-year-old already 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, this miscreant seeks parole and his next hearing is coming up this March.
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. As far as I’m concerned, 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,
