MANDEL: Killer of Const. Todd Baylis still claims self\u002Ddefence \u002D but parole board grants escorted pass
Also surprised was the lawyer representing his victims: the Baylis family as well his the dead man’s former partner, Staff Sgt. Michael Leone, who narrowly escaped death that day.
“They attacked me,” he told his hearing. “I agree with everything except the part that I initiated the confrontation and I started shooting first.”Article contentThe convicted crack dealer was plying his trade in the Trethewey Dr. public housing where he grew up after arriving as a child from Jamaica. Baylis and Leone stopped him during a routine patrol.Gayle, under an outstanding final deportation order, couldn’t risk being arrested. So he shoved Baylis in the chest, throwing him to the ground.
Despite his shocking refusal to accept responsibility, the two-member board accepted Gayle has changed: since 2008, he’s given up drugs and causing institutional trouble, he scores as a low risk for violence and is a candidate for transfer to minimum security.Article content
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