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I think this needs to be seen when discussing the John Does. He just seems like a good puzzle piece.
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A serial killer in the making
BY RICHARD WEIR BILL HUTCHINSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Tuesday, June 5, 2007, 4:00 AM
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Henry Terry pretended to be Sgt. Terry, a Long Island cop, when he was really an ex-con who allegedly committed a reign of horror.
Henry Terry pretended to be Sgt. Terry, a Long Island cop, when he was really an ex-con who allegedly committed a reign of horror.
Already facing charges of masquerading as a cop, a Long Island man was hit with a 54-count indictment yesterday painting him as a rapist, a swindler - and an animal torturer.
Since Henry Terry's arrest in February for flashing a bogus badge, prosecutors have uncovered "chilling" evidence that his alleged reign of terror was more sinister than initially thought.
"He's a serial killer in the making," a law enforcement source said of Terry, who served a previous prison stint for impersonating a cop.
Terry, 24, faces a 132-year sentence if convicted of the latest crimes ranging from first-degree rape and sodomy to fraud and endangering the welfare of a minor. He pleaded innocent.
Buying uniforms, badges and other police paraphernalia on the Internet, the ex-con allegedly lived his life as "Sgt. Terry," and created a phony police precinct in Hempstead as his base.
In one of the more disturbing crimes, Terry is charged with raping a 28-year-old woman in December 2006 while she was house-sitting for his landlord. Terry used his cop cover, allegedly persuading the victim to allow him inside to investigate a burglary, prosecutors said.
"In every instance he manipulated these people and used a malevolent ruse of being a cop to lure them into his world," said Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota.
Terry bought uniforms, badges and police paraphernalia on the Web.
Terry bought uniforms, badges and police paraphernalia on the Web.
A 15-year-old New Jersey runaway told investigators he became Terry's sex slave after he met the phony cop in April 2006 in Greenwich Village.
The teen told investigators Terry had sex with him numerous times and menaced him with a gun and his badge every time he threatened to leave.
"[Terry] certainly was creating an atmosphere of terror," said prosecutor Ming Liu Parson.
The teen said he got up the courage to bolt from Terry's clutches after he saw the suspect capture a stray cat with a milk crate and set it on fire.
"The cat was still alive and meowing," Parson said.
A 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old man who also became Terry's live-in sex toys both claimed the suspect handcuffed them to chairs and held the barrels of guns at their heads or in their mouths. Terry once allegedly strapped one of the men to a chair with duct tape and threatened to set him on fire.
One of the victims claimed Terry also captured his Holbrook neighbor's cat, named Speedy, set it on fire, and then told the neighbor he'd help the pet owner hunt down the culprit, prosecutors said.
Authorities also said Terry starved his own pit bull until it was "bone thin," Parson said.
Spota described Terry as an expert at picking "naive and vulnerable" victims to prey on, including his landlord, Raymond Pesinkowski. Terry convinced Pesinkowski that he was being targeted in a credit card scam by Aryan Nation neo-Nazis, Spota said.
Terry allegedly vowed to protect Pesinkowski from the Aryans, but swindled him out of his Toyota Land Cruiser, claiming he needed it for an investigation. Terry allegedly traded the SUV for a Pontiac Trans Am and $600, prosecutors said.
Terry allegedly got former New York City bus driver Raymond Alleyne to fork over $120,000 of his life savings for safekeeping, claiming Freemasons were running an identity theft scam on the retiree, prosecutors said.
But Terry's lawyer George Dazzo said the only thing bogus about the case are the charges.
"He steadfastly maintains his innocence
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/crime/serial-killer-making-article-1.222030
Crime
U.S.
World
Politics
A serial killer in the making
BY RICHARD WEIR BILL HUTCHINSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Tuesday, June 5, 2007, 4:00 AM
Tweet
Henry Terry pretended to be Sgt. Terry, a Long Island cop, when he was really an ex-con who allegedly committed a reign of horror.
Henry Terry pretended to be Sgt. Terry, a Long Island cop, when he was really an ex-con who allegedly committed a reign of horror.
Already facing charges of masquerading as a cop, a Long Island man was hit with a 54-count indictment yesterday painting him as a rapist, a swindler - and an animal torturer.
Since Henry Terry's arrest in February for flashing a bogus badge, prosecutors have uncovered "chilling" evidence that his alleged reign of terror was more sinister than initially thought.
"He's a serial killer in the making," a law enforcement source said of Terry, who served a previous prison stint for impersonating a cop.
Terry, 24, faces a 132-year sentence if convicted of the latest crimes ranging from first-degree rape and sodomy to fraud and endangering the welfare of a minor. He pleaded innocent.
Buying uniforms, badges and other police paraphernalia on the Internet, the ex-con allegedly lived his life as "Sgt. Terry," and created a phony police precinct in Hempstead as his base.
In one of the more disturbing crimes, Terry is charged with raping a 28-year-old woman in December 2006 while she was house-sitting for his landlord. Terry used his cop cover, allegedly persuading the victim to allow him inside to investigate a burglary, prosecutors said.
"In every instance he manipulated these people and used a malevolent ruse of being a cop to lure them into his world," said Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota.
Terry bought uniforms, badges and police paraphernalia on the Web.
Terry bought uniforms, badges and police paraphernalia on the Web.
A 15-year-old New Jersey runaway told investigators he became Terry's sex slave after he met the phony cop in April 2006 in Greenwich Village.
The teen told investigators Terry had sex with him numerous times and menaced him with a gun and his badge every time he threatened to leave.
"[Terry] certainly was creating an atmosphere of terror," said prosecutor Ming Liu Parson.
The teen said he got up the courage to bolt from Terry's clutches after he saw the suspect capture a stray cat with a milk crate and set it on fire.
"The cat was still alive and meowing," Parson said.
A 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old man who also became Terry's live-in sex toys both claimed the suspect handcuffed them to chairs and held the barrels of guns at their heads or in their mouths. Terry once allegedly strapped one of the men to a chair with duct tape and threatened to set him on fire.
One of the victims claimed Terry also captured his Holbrook neighbor's cat, named Speedy, set it on fire, and then told the neighbor he'd help the pet owner hunt down the culprit, prosecutors said.
Authorities also said Terry starved his own pit bull until it was "bone thin," Parson said.
Spota described Terry as an expert at picking "naive and vulnerable" victims to prey on, including his landlord, Raymond Pesinkowski. Terry convinced Pesinkowski that he was being targeted in a credit card scam by Aryan Nation neo-Nazis, Spota said.
Terry allegedly vowed to protect Pesinkowski from the Aryans, but swindled him out of his Toyota Land Cruiser, claiming he needed it for an investigation. Terry allegedly traded the SUV for a Pontiac Trans Am and $600, prosecutors said.
Terry allegedly got former New York City bus driver Raymond Alleyne to fork over $120,000 of his life savings for safekeeping, claiming Freemasons were running an identity theft scam on the retiree, prosecutors said.
But Terry's lawyer George Dazzo said the only thing bogus about the case are the charges.
"He steadfastly maintains his innocence
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/crime/serial-killer-making-article-1.222030
