Article: For cop-killer Phillips, life without parole: Man who gunned down troopers will likely die in prison after life of crime culminates in murder.

Byline: Kate Perry

Dec. 20--If Ralph "Bucky" Phillips is ever back in Chautauqua County, he'll likely be in a pine box. That's what State Police Superintendent Wayne Bennett said of the career felon Tuesday morning after Phillips was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the Aug. 31 shooting death of State Trooper Joseph Longobardo, 32, of Greenfield. "I will be absolutely amazed if he is ever back in Chautauqua County alive," Bennett said after the proceeding in state Supreme Court in Mayville, the county seat. Phillips also was sentenced to 40 years to life for shooting State Trooper Donald Baker Jr., 38, of Halfmoon, in ...

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