Eddie Matos in jail for the homicide of a NYPD official has been denied parole

Matos killed official Anthony Dwyer in 1989

Matos had pushed Dwyer to his demise from the top of a structure on occasion Square

Eddie Matos, who is right now serving a 25-year-to-life sentence for the homicide of a NYPD official, has been denied parole. This is the seventh time Matos was denied parole. Matos, as a 23-year-old, had pushed Official Anthony Dwyer to his demise from the top of a structure on occasion Square. This is the seventh time the parole board has denied parole to Matos beginning around 2014.

The episode occurred on October 17, 1989, when Matos joined by three accessories entered a McDonald’s on the Seventh Road and 40th Road and gathered together the staff at gunpoint. This was trailed by a worker getting away and getting back with three cops, which included Dwyer. Dwyer followed Matos up a stepping stool on the rooftop, from where Matos pushed the official down a 25-foot ventilation duct. Dwyer was articulated dead when he was brought to the Bellevue Medical clinic.

Cop-killer Eddie Matos stays behind bars where he belongs. Though the parole board made the proper decision this time — if you kill a member of law enforcement there should NEVER be an option to be released from prison.

— Detectives’ Endowment Association (@NYCPDDEA) May 15, 2023

Matos was held by the police the next day. Matos was indicted for second-degree murder and condemned to jail in 1990, while the three accessories were likewise arraigned.

Last month, a two-part parole board was parted on the choice to liberate Matos, yet in this manner, a three-part board came to a choice to keep him in the slammer.

“Hearing the news that the creature who killed my brother was denied parole was an immense help,” she told The Post. “We are generally apprehensive sitting tight for the choice yet this time was extra hard. … I’m thankful to the parole board for settling on the ideal choice,” Dwyer’s sister Maureen Brisette said about the choice.

The group of Dwyer, who have been hanging tight for equity for over thirty years, will discover some comfort in Matos’ dismissal of parole. Furthermore, it fills in as a message to different hoodlums that equity will be finished and that they will be considered liable for their activities.

As per the NY state Revisions and Local area Oversight, Matos will confront the parole board in the future in July 2024.