This whole thing was probably a case of "roid rage". What started out as a scuffle outside of a nightclub in East Flatbush, ended with charges of unimaginable police brutality at a Brooklyn precinct. when he spoke to the Daily News in January. Im going to do something to you. Louima was then taken to the 70th Precinct, where Volpe broke a broomstick in two and took Louima into a bathroom. Justin Volpe dragged Haitian Abner Louima into the toilets of a Brooklyn police station in 1997 and tortured him with the wooden implement. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. dominop. The crimes committed by the defendant are among the most horrific crimes prosecuted in this District and left a lasting harm on Mr. Louima, wrote Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Geddes in court papers filed Monday. And Volpe's earliest release date on his 30-year prison term is Aug. 3, 2025. He does not present any extraordinary and compelling reasons based on the possibility of contracting COVID-19.. The man took the bag and gave Volpe a hug. Ex-S.I. cop convicted in infamous beating of Haitian immigrant seeks She told the Daily News she visits her son often at Butner Federal Correctional Institution, the prison in North Carolina where he is housed. United States. The cop thought it was Louima who hit him, and threw him into a police car where Louima was beaten by two other officers. The earliest date that Volpe inmate No. He wasn't a cop. I respectfully ask for your consideration to have the ability to help my dear 76-year-old mother (Grace) who is a widow and needs physical and emotional help, as well as my loyal wife (Caroline) who meets all the demands of a household all on her own during these trying and uncertain times, Volpe wrote. I have served the overwhelming majority of the sentence," Volpe wrote in his now-denied application. Required fields are marked *. Volpe admitted his guilt again in his application for release, which he filed in late December, more than two decades after he pleaded guilty to the heinous crime. (Christie M Farriella/for New York Daily News). "After 21 plus years in prison, it is my family who is being punished more. Disgraced ex-NYPD cop Justin Volpe committed one of the most heinous crimes in New York Citys history and should be denied early release from prison, the Brooklyn US attorneys office said in a bid to keep him locked up for the broomstick sexual assault of Abner Louima in a station house bathroom. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. When he was younger he probably killed animals and set fires. "It's a unique arrangement," Devery told the Daily News. The crime is still remembered as one of the citys most harrowing instances of police brutality. I have served the overwhelming majority of my sentence. I think at least hes spent enough time thinking about his actions.. no lil fredo to even entertain a parole. "There are so many people he has helped, you would be on the phone with me for an hour," she said. Louima's attack spurred a wave of anti-brutality demonstrations. Abner Louima ponders a question during a taping of "Keepin' it Real with Al Sharpton" in 2009 in New York. Volpe wrote in his application, "I do not seek to evade just punishment for my crime. The sequence of events that led to the bone-chilling assault began outside Club Rendezvous on Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn. My own shoes." He promised Volpe: "I'm going to be clean. Volpe was arrested in 1998 and pleaded guilty in 1999, in the middle of his trial. My own clothes. If you yell or make any noise, Ill kill you, Volpe said, before sodomizing Louima with the broomstick.