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| Name : Sorrentino, Robert | Rank: P.O. |
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| Shield #: 31143 | Command: 101 Pct. | |||
| Date of Death: 1980-04-24 | Cause of Death: Shot-Robbery | |||
| On April 10, 1980, Officer Sorrentino was shot three times while chasing four robbery suspects in Far Rockaway, Queens. He and his partner had split up to chase the suspects who had also split up. After his partner captured one of the suspects he heard shots fired and ran to the scene where he found Officer Sorrentino suffering gunshot wounds. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds two weeks later. All four of the suspects were eventually apprehended and sentenced on 106 counts of murder, robbery and weapons possession. | ||||
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| Comments from Friends | ||||
| I knew Bob when he worked in the 103Pct. Bob was a great guy, always had a smile and a good word for you. I still mourn him to this day. Rest in Peace Bob, until we meet again and have a beer! | ||||
— Dennis Conner |
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| This is my uncle, my mother's brother. Of the four suspects jailed for his murder, three have since died in prison. The fourth, Russell Carrol, is slated for a parole hearing in February 2005. I am in the process of asking people to write letters to the parole board to keep this man in prison, as I will be writing some myself and also starting a petition to keep this man in prison. He was sentenced for 25 years to life, and I don't think that serving the minimum warrants freedom. Please contact me at my email address if you would like to assist me in my efforts. If you would like to write letters to the parole board, I can provide an address, or you can forward them to me and I can take care of the postage. My family and I thank you.--Leann | ||||
— Leann Doyle |
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| Worked with Bob in the 103rd Precinct. Excellent officer great guy. | ||||
— John Cappelmann |
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| dear sorrentino. we the parents survivors of the shield will do everything in our power through letter writing and phone calls to encourage the governor and the parole board to deny this animal his parole. God bless you all | ||||
— ed dwyer |
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| I am not privileged to have known him but I do feel that anyone the shoots a police officer should face the death penalty and never ever think about parole God bless him and is family Thank you | ||||
— Jimmy Sanz |
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| YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN | ||||
— EDDIE MELENDEZ |
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| I went through the Academy with bob,and served In the 103 Pct. with him.Not only was he a great guy, he was a great fisherman as well. I teamed up with him in the radio car on occassion and during the lulls in the action we would talk about fishing.I mourn his death today as I did when he was murdered. I also cherish the memory of those tours that we rode together.You are still missed. | ||||
— Andy Holokrys |
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| Bobby was my Brother i miss him so much, no matter what i will never forget you.RIP ROBERT.A. SORRENTINO we all love and miss you so much!.=( | ||||
— Richard Sorrentino |
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| rest in peace. | ||||
— sjs Posted: November 14, 2006, 12:38 pm |
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| I would like to say that he was my uncle, my fathers brother, i didn't know him that well but i do remember that he was a good man. I lost contact with my dad and his family when he left my mom. I go to their grave and i mourn and i ask myself why? I have cousins and aunts and uncles from my dads side that i haven't seen in years. I see that my uncle richie and my cousin leann wrote on here hopefully i could get in contact with them. rest in peace and may god watch over them and keep them forever and ever | ||||
— tammy sorrentino Posted: July 28, 2007, 3:49 pm |
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| I was a detective 106 Commnand when Richie got it.My Captain boss had the duty so he asked me to drive him to St.John's Emergency Room .A so tough scene ensued there I will not dwell on except to say suspected his gun shot wounds would were in killing locations.His color was good and he was providing detectves information quite. verbally. Not long later ran into the doc who operated on him .Turned out he lived in my neighborhood.He told me he tried so hard to save Richie. I experienced tough things South Bronx but seeing Richie knowing he was going down hurt so bad . | ||||
— John Rowland Posted: March 3, 2008, 8:16 pm |
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| I WORKED WITH BOB IN THE 103PCT,AND ALSO SOCIALIZED WITH AFTER HOURS.HE WAS A GREAT COP & A GREAT FRIEND.MISS YOU VERY MUCH | ||||
— RICHARD MELITO Posted: June 11, 2008, 4:44 pm |
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| Bobby was my Uncle my Fathers Brother. I never got the chance to meet him, But my father tells me stories and shows me pictures of him hunting and fishing. I really wish i could bring him back just to get a chance to meet him. R.I.P UNCLE BOBBY | ||||
— Richard Sorrentino Jr. Posted: December 28, 2008, 1:56 pm |
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| Another Year without you is the worlds loss I hope your still "Fishin" | ||||
— Nicholas Mele Posted: April 15, 2009, 10:48 am |
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| I had the great fortune to work with Bob in the 101 Pct. He was an outstanding person and a great cop. All who knew him miss him greatly. Steve Nasta | ||||
— Stephen Nasta Posted: May 3, 2009, 8:20 pm |
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| Running NYPD Memorial 5K tomorrow in memory of P.O. Robert Sorrentino | ||||
— Frank Jurs Posted: May 15, 2010, 5:05 pm |
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