Overview
Angelo Parisi was a Washington, D.C. police officer assigned to narcotics work. D.C. appellate records and contemporary reporting independently establish his service with the police department’s Narcotics Task Force during the 1980s. Later documentary testimony places Parisi in the investigation of Alberto “Alpo” Martinez.
Narcotics Task Force
In Lampkins v. United States (1986), Parisi was identified as a member of the police department’s narcotics task force. A 1989 Washington Post report also quoted Parisi as an officer with the city’s Narcotics Task Force while discussing the District’s cocaine market.
Martinez Hospital Encounter
In later documentary testimony, Parisi recalled visiting Martinez in intensive care after Martinez had been shot in Washington in 1990. Parisi described Martinez as badly wounded and sedated. According to Parisi’s account, Martinez denied knowing who killed Rich Porter and portrayed himself as a drug dealer rather than a killer. This episode should be treated as investigator recollection rather than as a contemporaneous transcript of the hospital conversation.
Network Connections
- Alberto “Alpo” Martinez — investigative subject; Parisi later described a hospital interview.
- Dan Reilly — FBI investigator whose later accounts place Parisi among law-enforcement colleagues working the Martinez/Perry investigations.
- Shooting of Alberto “Alpo” Martinez (1990) — associated event.
Evidence Status
A/B/C. Parisi’s police role is independently documented in court records and contemporary journalism. The hospital encounter is based on his later documentary recollection.