Murderer Charged With Possessing Drugs In Rhode Island Prison

CRANSTON, RI — A Rhode Island inmate serving two life sentences and another 45 years on top of them for a 2008 Providence murder was charged with possessing drugs in prison.

Dana Gallop, 41, was arrested Tuesday by the Rhode Island State Police Adult Correctional Instutions Investigations Unit on a charge of with possession of a controlled substance.

A state police media release on Gallop's arrest listed his address as the Rhode Island Department of Corrections High Security Center.

Gallop was sentenced to the two life terms for the murder of Anthony Parrish with another 20 years for assault with a dangerous weapon and 25 more after that for being declared a habitual offender.

As a crowd of more than 500 streamed out of a Providence club at closing time in December 2008 when Parrish, a friend and Gallop ran into each other.

"Parrish and Gallop were known to associate with rival Boston gangs," the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office said in a media release at the time of Gallop's sentencing.

"As Parrish walked along the street outside the club, Gallop took a gun out of his pants and fired multiple shots," the release said. "One bullet entered Parrish's back and punctured his heart. A second bullet hit an innocent bystander, London Hardy, who later recovered from his injuries."

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