Gary Castonguay is serving 25 years to life in prison for gunning down Plainville , Connecticut Officer HolcombRobert Holcomb during a 1977 burglary . In January , a parole board voted to release him this July - but Robert Holcomb 's family argued that they had not been told about the hearing . On Wednesday , another board reversed the decision . Dozens of Connecticut police officers lined up outside the hearing to show their support to the family .
Gary Castonguay is serving 25 years to life in prison for gunning down Plainville , Connecticut Officer Robert Holcomb during a 1977 burglary . In January , a parole board voted to release him this July - but Holcomb 's family argued that they had not been told about the hearing . On Wednesday , another board reversed the decision . Dozens of Connecticut police officers lined up outside the hearing to show their support to the family .