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John Anthony Dinapoli

Case from Holyoke, MA dated Dec 22, 1999

Victim Details

John Anthony Dinapoli

Male

White / Caucasian

Holyoke

MA

1999-12-22

52

John

Anthony Dinapoli

07/11/2026

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John Anthony Dinapoli, a 52-year-old White / Caucasian male, was a 21-year veteran of the Holyoke Police Department. On the morning of December 22, 1999, while on an administrative assignment, he volunteered to back up fellow officers responding to a report of two men arguing on a street corner. Driving an unmarked cruiser, Officer Dinapoli began following one of the men involved in the disturbance.

As he was following the suspect on foot, the man turned and fired several shots into the p ...
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