"Bucky" Phillips gets life

**Ducky** · 12-19-06, 04:09 PM

By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer 6 minutes ago

MAYVILLE, N.Y. - An escaped convict who admitted killing a New York state trooper and wounding two others during the largest manhunt in state history was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.
Ralph "Bucky" Phillips, 44, unsuccessfully asked to withdraw his guilty plea and then apologized to the troopers' families before being sentenced in Chautauqua County Court. He pleaded guilty last month to the aggravated murder of Trooper Joseph Longobardo and the attempted murder of Donald Baker Jr.
But at his sentencing, Phillips told Judge Richard Kloch he never intended to kill anyone.
"My intentions were to humiliate them," Phillips said. "Tie them up with duct tape and call 911."
Kloch denied the request to withdraw the plea: "You knew what you were doing."
Kloch also sentenced Phillips to 40 years to life for wounding Baker.
The officers were shot while staking out the rural home of Phillips' ex-girlfriend on Aug. 31 as part of a massive effort to capture Phillips following the June 10 shooting of another trooper during a traffic stop near Elmira.
While pleading guilty, Phillips told the judge he knew police had his relatives and friends under surveillance when he fired at Longobardo and Baker with a stolen high-powered rifle. He has since said in letters from jail that he believed the men he shot were bounty hunters.
In exchange for the pleas, Chautauqua County District Attorney David Foley said he agreed to drop charges against Phillips' daughter, Patrina Wright, and her mother, Kasey Crowe.
Wright was charged with child endangerment for allowing Phillips to visit her children while he was on the run. Crowe was charged with hindering prosecution.
Phillips was scheduled to be sentenced in Buffalo later Tuesday for escaping from an Erie County prison in April by using an industrial can opener to cut a hole in kitchen ceiling. He spent five months on the run before being captured just across the Pennsylvania line Sept. 8.
On Wednesday, he is scheduled to be sentenced in Chemung County, where he has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for shooting Trooper Sean Brown in June. Brown has since returned to duty.

**HardNoseBull** · 12-19-06, 04:58 PM

That Fucker needs to FRIED

**Ducky** · 12-19-06, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by HardNoseBull

That Fucker needs to FRIED

Agreed. He escaped once already, only to have the locals cheering for him and helping him, right up till he started shooting cops. But of course the locals were saying up till then that he'd never hurt anyone.

Cook him and bury him under the prison. NEVER let him out again.

**Growler** · 12-19-06, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by Ducky

Agreed. He escaped once already, only to have the locals cheering for him and helping him, right up till he started shooting cops. But of course the locals were saying up till then that he'd never hurt anyone.

Cook him and bury him under the prison. NEVER let him out again.

Agreed.
Too quick for cooking. I prefer posion, nothing too quick and lethal. Slow and lethal. Like small drops of anti freeze to the eyes and a few cocktails made out of Draino.
Yeah and the locals always said he was a nice guy.

**JLK** · 12-19-06, 09:58 PM

pull out every other tooth top and bottom. slit belly just skin and fat tissue insert snake stick back up with wire. then stake them out. i've had them live for days begging to be killed.

**Jenna** · 12-19-06, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by JLK

pull out every other tooth top and bottom. slit belly just skin and fat tissue insert snake stick back up with wire. then stake them out. i've had them live for days begging to be killed.

You've done this before? Who are "them"?

**JLK** · 12-19-06, 11:27 PM

i'll never tell and the bodies will never be found.

**Hannibal** · 12-19-06, 11:32 PM

" 'Bucky' Phillips gets life"

He should've gotten death.

**Jenna** · 12-20-06, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by JLK

i'll never tell and the bodies will never be found.

**drillsgt98th** · 12-20-06, 03:41 AM

Lets Get Something Cleared Up Here. The Locals Did Not Cheer For Him. A Small Group Of Individuals From His Home Town Did. When He Would Come Back To Buffalo For Hearings They Followed Him And Made A Ruckus With That Bullshit. He Is Hated In Western New York. The Facility He Escaped From Is Where My Daughters Mother Works As A Jailer, And Trust Me Hes A Very Coniving Individual. The Latest Buffalo Reports Are That That He Has Told Local And State Police That,"ill See You Again!,ill Be Back". Giving The Impression That He Plans To Escape Again. He Has Now Been Put On The Highest Of Escape Risk Profiles For The State Correctional System. New York State C/o,s And Troopers Are Close And Work Close Together. Our Disdain For His Actions Goes Beyond Words. He Killed And Shot Our Brothers.....were Waiting For Him In The Jail...trust Me.