Nicholas Tartaglione, a former New York police officer and cellmate of Jeffrey Epstein, was sentenced to life in prison for the 2016 kidnappings and murders of four men.

Tartaglione received four consecutive life sentences for the killings of Martin Luna, Miguel Luna, Urbano Santiago, and Hector Gutierrez.

Convicted in April 2023 of multiple counts including murder and kidnapping resulting in death, Tartaglione was described by prosecutors as a “former police officer-turned drug dealer.”

His attorney, Inga Parsons, announced plans to appeal the mandatory life sentences, CNN has reported.

Tartaglione had shared a prison cell with Epstein before Epstein’s suicide in August 2019 and was one of the first individuals interviewed by the FBI following Epstein’s death.

Written by B.C. Begley