A former NYPD sergeant who was recently sentenced to prison for manslaughter has been released on bail while he appeals his conviction, according to the Sergeants Benevolent Association.

The decision to free Erik Duran on $300,000 bail was handed down Friday by a state appellate court judge. Duran, 38, was also ordered to surrender his passport to his lawyers, who will keep it until his appeal is over.

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A former NYPD sergeant who was recently sentenced to prison for manslaughter has been released on bail while he appeals his conviction

The decision to free Erik Duran on $300,000 bail was handed down Friday by a state appellate court judge

Duran was sentenced to three to nine years in prison earlier this month for tossing a picnic cooler at a fleeing suspect, 30-year-old Eric Duprey, in 2023. Duprey crashed his motorized scooter and died after Duran threw the cooler

“Thank you everyone for your prayers. I now look forward to seeing my family and fighting my appeal with the same determination I demonstrated throught my career in the NYPD,” Duran wrote in an Instagram post that was posted to the union’s Instagram account.

Duran was sentenced to three to nine years in prison earlier this month for tossing a picnic cooler at a fleeing suspect, 30-year-old Eric Duprey, in 2023. Duprey crashed his motorized scooter and died after Duran threw the cooler.  

Duran was in custody upstate at the Elmira Correctional Facility.