DA: Life Without Parole for Man Who Killed Nassau Cop, Brooklyn Driver

A Queens man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for thefatal shootings of a Nassau County detective and a Brooklyn driver in 2012, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s office.

Darrell Fuller, 34, of St. Albans, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the DA said. A jury deliberated for five hours last month and found Fuller guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree robbery, and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

“There is absolutely nothing redeemable about you,” Nassau County Court Judge Jerald Carter told Fuller, according toNewsday. “You have taken it upon yourself to be God and executioner on the street. Quite frankly, you are a menace to society.”

He added, “You are not going to see the light of day, henceforth and forever.”

Fuller was accused of the double murder of eight-year veteran detective Arthur Lopez, 29, of Babylon Village, and Raymond Facey, 51.

Lopez pursued Fuller after seeing him leave the scene of an accident on Northern Boulevard near the Cross Island Parkway on the morning of Oct. 23, 2012. Lopez approached the car after it finally came to a stop but was shot in the chest at close range by Fuller, who got back into his car and drove off, officials said. Lopez was rushed to Long Island Jewish Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Meanwhile, Fuller got back on the parkway after the shooting and happened upon Facey, who was alone in his car on the shoulder of the roadway. Fuller then reportedly shot Facey twice in the face and head, stole his car, and left it in a Queens neighborhood, cops said. Facey was also pronounced dead a short time later.

Fuller was found in Queens with two non-life threatening gunshot wounds, cops said.

“These two victims represented the best of our society. Detective Lopez died doing what he loved: protecting and serving others, often with a welcoming smile on his face. Raymond Facey died while on the phone with his daughter, fulfilling his role to his last day as a patriarch of a tight-knit family,” Nassau DA Kathleen Rice said. “While nothing that happened in court today can fill the incredible void that these two brave and graceful families feel, I hope that today’s sentence will offer them some solace that justice was served.”

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