Gallop also sentenced to an additional 20 years consecutive for assault with dangerous weapon, and an additional 25 years consecutive without the possibility of parole
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that Rhode Island Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause imposed two consecutive life sentences on Dana Gallop (DOB: 10.22.84), formerly of 692 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, for the murder of Anthony Parrish outside of Club Passions in South Providence in December of 2008.
In addition, Gallop was sentenced to 20 years to serve consecutive to those life sentences for the assault with a dangerous weapon charge, and an additional 25 years to serve consecutive, without the possibility of parole for being declared a habitual offender. He also received ten years to serve on each count of carrying a firearm without a license and possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of a crime of violence. Gallop will be eligible for parole after serving approximately 72 years.
Attorney General Kilmartin said, “I applaud the cooperative efforts of the Providence and Boston Police departments in working to bring to justice a violent criminal whose deliberate actions that evening took the life of one person, injured another, and put at risk the lives of hundreds of innocent bystanders.”
Gallop was found guilty by a jury on May 12, 2010 of five counts of his original indictment, including first-degree murder, which carries with it a mandatory life sentence, and discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence, a charge carrying a mandatory consecutive life sentence. Gallop also was found guilty of one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of carrying a pistol without a license and one count of possession of a firearm after a previous conviction for a crime of violence. One count of committing a crime of violence when armed with a firearm was dismissed prior to trial.
Assistant Attorney General Bethany Macktaz and Special Assistant Attorney General Craig Montecalvo provided the following evidence at trial:
As approximately 600 patrons were leaving Club Passion at closing time in the early morning hours of Dec. 14, 2008, Anthony Parrish of Boston and his friend also left the club and, on the street, encountered Gallop. Parrish and Gallop were known to associate with rival Boston gangs. As Parrish walked along the street outside the club, Gallop took a gun out of his pants and fired multiple shots. One bullet entered Parrish’s back and punctured his heart. A second bullet hit an innocent bystander, London Hardy, who later recovered from his injuries.
“Gangs spread fear in our communities and threaten the safety of our neighborhoods. The Office of Attorney General, in cooperation with federal, state and local law enforcement, is committed to getting gang members off our streets, no matter the neighborhood or state they come from,” continued Attorney General Kilmartin.
At the time of Gallop’s arrest on Dec. 23, 2008, two cell phones were recovered from the defendant’s car. By using cell towers, Sprint was able to put one of the phones within blocks of the murder scene and determined from calls made after Parrish’s murder that the defendant traveled through Providence to Route 195 East, and then took Route 24 North to Boston. At his arrest, Gallop told police that he had not been at Club Passion and had not been to Providence in over a year.
Providence Police conducted the investigation. At the time of his indictment, in June of 2009, Gallop was incarcerated at the Suffolk County House of Corrections in Massachusetts where he was serving a 60-day sentence. When he finished serving that sentence, Gallop waived extradition and was brought to Rhode Island for arraignment. Gallop had been held at the ACI.
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