Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the sentences of Kevin Santos, 32, and Nelson Morales, 29, to a total of 25 years-to-life in prison for their involvement in a burglary that lead to the shooting death of Police Officer Peter J. Figoski in December 2011. Last month, both defendants were convicted after a jury trial in of Murder in the Second Degree and Burglary in the First Degree. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Alan Marrus sentenced the defendants to 25 years for the Burglary and 20 years-to-life for Murder in the Second degree. By law, the sentences must run concurrently. They must serve 21.4 years-in-prison before they are eligible for parole.

At approximately 2:15 am on December 12, 2011, Officers Peter J. Figoski and his partner, Detective Glenn Estrada, were responding to a robbery in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn. Co-defendant Lamont Pride shot Officer Figoski in the face. Officer Figoski died five hours later at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

Earlier this year, co-defendant Lamont Pride was convicted of Murder in the Second Degree and sentenced to 45years-to-life in prison. Ariel Tejada, pleaded guilty to murder and burglary charges, and testified against Pride, Morales and Santos.

The case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Kenneth Taub, Chief of the Homicide Bureau, and Assistant District Attorney Howard Jackson, Counsel to the Homicide Bureau.

(YWN Desk – NYC)