Cop killer arrested in sting operation

SCITUATE, R.I. (WPRI) - One of the thirty suspects arrested during an early morning sting operation Tuesday was Terrell Walker, 53; a man who served time for the 1973 murder of a Boston Police Officer.

Rhode Island State Police said Donald St. Germain, 54, and Adolf "George" Eunis, 67, were running a criminal enterprise involving illegal gambling, narcotics, firearms and extortion.

During their probe, which started in June 2008, investigators said they discovered St. Germain was associating with Walker.

They said, through wiretaps, they found Walker conspired with two other suspects to arrange a cocaine deal.

Walker is no stranger to authorities. He served several years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter charges in the shooting death of Boston Police Detective John Schroeder.

On Nov. 30, 1973, Walker and three others were involved in an armed robbery of the former Suffolk Loan Company, a pawnshop located on Washington St. in Boston.

Detective Schroeder was inside the pawn shop when Walker and two other defendants burst into the shop with handguns and began scooping jewelry from the display cases.

Investigators said Detective Schroeder got into a physical struggle with Walker and was fatally shot. Walker removed his wallet, badge and service revolver.

In 1974, a jury convicted of first-degree murder. He later won an appeal and eventually pleaded to manslaughter charges.

Walker was arrested again in June 1994 on armed robbery charges. He was sentenced for that crime in 1996 and was released in May 2008.