Firefighter’s killer gets 25 years to life
The man who bludgeoned an off-duty Brooklyn firefighter to death three years ago is going away for a long time.
Joseph Desmond, 33, was sentenced March 4 to 25 years to life in prison for murdering Faizal Coto, who worked at Engine 245 in Coney Island.
Desmond and Coto, 33, had a fender-bender on the Belt Parkway near the Verrazzano Bridge shortly before 5 a.m. on Dec. 9, 2018. After they pulled to the side of the road, Desmond hit Coto in the head with a blunt object and drove away. He was arrested at a New Jersey motel the next day.