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Parole Decision Must Be Reversed

On October 27, 1967, two Northlake Police Officers, Sergeant John Nagle and Officer Anthony Perri, were killed by bank robbers who were holding up the Northlake Bank.  The killers were apprehended, tried and convicted. One of the perpetrators has since died, another is still in jail and a third, Henry Gargano, was granted parole on January 6, 2010 with a release date of September 3, 2010. The United States Parole Commission made this decision without notification to the families of the slain officers or to the Northlake Police Department.

Gargano received a 199 year prison sentence in 1968.  While doing time for the murder of the Northlake police officers, he managed to escape from the federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois and during the two days he was out, held an elderly man and woman hostage before stealing their car.  He is also suspected of other crimes which include the shooting of police officers shortly before he committed the crimes in Northlake.  Gargano has a long criminal record, starting in 1946 with burglary, 1949-armed robbery, 1952- bank robbery, 1964-escape from federal prison before the Northlake Bank robbery and murders of the Northlake police officers.

According to Amanda Pyron, Supervisor of Victim/Witness Coordination at the U.S. Parole Commission, the parole was granted according to the mandatory federal release guidelines, after Gargano served the mandatory time by law.

What purpose does a 199 year sentence serve if a convicted killer can get out after 42 years, serving less than 25% of the sentence?

An April 19, 2010, the City Council passed a resolution condemning the action by the parole commission, and to honor the memories of Sergeant Nagle and Officer Perri and will seek to have the decision stayed or reversed.

The Northlake Police Department will be contacting the officers families and others to write victim impact letters to the parole commission as well as undertaking petitions and other measures to seek a reversal of this decision by the parole commission.

If you want your voice to be heard on this matter, please fill out the form at the bottom of this article and return it to the Northlake Police Department for inclusion in the packet of information to be presented to the parole commission this summer.

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To:   The United States Parole Commission:

        I am opposed to the January 6, 2010 decision to parole 

        convicted police killer Henry Gargano, inmate number 01727-135, on

        September 3, 2010.

        I am extremely disappointed that this decision was made without

        notification to the Northlake, Illinois Police Department or the 

        families of the murdered police officers.  I request that the parole

        decision be reversed and that Henry Gargano serve his entire

        sentence.

       Name___________________________________________________________

       Address_________________________________________________________

                 _____________________________________________________

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