{"id":203927,"date":"2026-04-20T22:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203927\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T22:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:32:07","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-ex-nypd-sergeant-out-of-prison-as-manslaughter-charge-is-appealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203927\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Ex Nypd Sergeant Out Of Prison As Manslaughter Charge Is Appealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A former NYPD sergeant convicted of manslaughter was <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/activists-condemn-decision-to-release-ex-nypd-sergeant-on-bail-in-2023-cooler-throwing-death\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released from prison as he appeals the conviction.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Erik Duran was found guilty in the death of Eric Duprey after a drug bust went wrong.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\"><a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/nypd-sergeant-sentenced-to-three-to-nine-years-for-killing-bronx-man-with\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duran was sentenced on April 8 to three to nine years in prison<\/a> after Duran threw a cooler at Duprey as he rode away on a scooter, leading to his death.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The Sergeants&#8217; Benevolent Association relayed a message from Duran.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;First and foremost, I want to thank my family, particularly my wife, my children and my parents for all their unconditional love and support throughout this ordeal,\u201d the message read.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Duran also thanked the NYPD, &#8220;I want to thank my union, the SBA, my brothers and sisters in the NYPD, and my brothers and sisters in blue around the nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;Erik Duran asked to go to church before he returned home to his overjoyed family. We are relieved that Erik is home with his family where he belongs,&#8221; said Arthur L. Aidala, Duran&#8217;s lawyer. &#8220;After reviewing the trial transcripts, it is clear to the objective eye this verdict and sentence are a clear miscarriage of justice. We have begun the process of preparing his appeal and are confident this injustice will be rectified.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former NYPD sergeant convicted of manslaughter was released from prison as he appeals the conviction. Erik Duran&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-203927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}