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BROOKLYN---A former sergeant with the New York City Police Department has been convicted of murder.
A Kings County jury has convicted Martin Peters, 42, of second degree murder, third degree intimidation of a witness and first degree assault for the January 2001 shooting of Juliet Alexander, the mother of his two children.
He faces a maximum of 25 years to life in prison when sentenced on Oct. 25.
Alexander was a detention enforcementofficer with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Peters had threatened Alexander on numerous occasions in the past causing her to end their relationship. She had a new boyfriend and a lawsuit seeking additional child support pending against Peters when she was killed.
On Jan. 16, 2001, at approximately 9 a.m., Nigel Calendar, a friend of Peters, went to Alexander's apartment at 365 Pulaski Street, to drop off clothing belonging to Peters' and Alexander's children. Alexander and Peters were both there. Peters told Alexander he would discontinue making child-support payments and struck her. When Alexander attempted to flee, Peters shot her in the head and then shot Calendar. He threatened to kill Calendar and his family if Calendar revealed Peters' identity to the police. A couple of days later, Peters visited Calendar at Kings County Hospital and repeated the threat.
Peters was arrested in April 2005, after a joint investigation by the NYPD's Cold Case Squad and the Brooklyn District Attorney's Rackets Division. 9-28-06
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