Defiant plotter out on parole
The felon convicted for setting up the 1985 murder of state Parole Officer Brian Rooney has been released on parole — after a hearing in which the convict defiantly denied committing the crime, according to a transcript obtained by The Post.
“I had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with this crime and I am so sorry for what happened to the family of [Officer Rooney]. But I played no role in taking his life or participating in taking his life,” Perry Bellamy claimed during the Aug. 18 Parole Board hearing at Great Meadow Correctional prison that preceded his Sept. 30 release.
“I’m not the man that was involved. I’m not the man that did the crime,” added Bellamy, who vowed to be a “better man” upon his release.
The murder accomplice’s freedom has outraged parole officers who worked with Rooney, as well as the union that represents them.
It’s the latest example of the Gov. Cuomo-appointed Parole Board letting loose convicted killers. Others sprung include cop killer Herman Bell; Bruce Haims, who bludgeoned a woman to death with a club; and Sam Ayala, who raped and murdered two moms with their young children within earshot during a Westchester County home invasion.
Bellamy, 59 — an associate of drug lord Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols — was convicted of luring Rooney to meet him near Baisley Pond Park in South Jamaica in exchange for $5,000.
There, a hit squad acting on Nichols’ orders pulled up alongside Rooney’s car and opened fire.