Driver in Deadly NY Brinks Robbery Denied Parole

NYACK, NY — Judith Clark, a member of a left-wing terrorist group that killed three men in the infamous 1981 Brinks armored car robbery in Rockland County, has been denied parole. It was her first time before the New York state parole board. Her 75-years-to-life sentence was commuted in January.

The news that the parole board had denied her request was a relief, said Rockland County Executive Ed Day, who vowed to continue fighting to keep her in prison.

"Judith Clark needs to spend the rest of her life behind bars to pay her debt to society," said Day. "She is a domestic terrorist who does not deserve to walk among the free."

Clark was sentenced to 75-years-to-life for her role as driver in the holdup of a Brinks armored car at the Nanuet Mall. A Brinks guard, Peter Paige, was killed at the scene. Two Nyack police officers, Sgt. Edward O'Grady and Officer Waverly "Chipper" Brown, were killed at a roadblock minutes later.

Under her original sentence, Clark wouldn't have been eligible for parole till she was 106. The commutation in January followed her repeated requests for clemency; Gov. Andrew M Cuomo denied the last one in 2014.

"Judith Clark was treated fairly by our justice system - a system for which she showed nothing but contempt," Day said. "The judge rightfully concluded that she needed to spend the rest of her life in jail."

The County Executive, a former NYPD lieutenant commander, has strongly criticized Cuomo's decision to commute Clark's sentence.

He noted that the families of the Brinks victims will have to be on alert every two years when Clark appears before the Board of Parole."The families will not be alone," Day said. "As long as there is a breathe in my body, I will join the law enforcement community to oppose the release of this convicted cop-killer."

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