Ex-federal cop who tried to kill man with hammer loses appeal of decades-long jail term
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
A former federal police officer convicted of attempted murder for beating another man with a hammer lost his appeal of his 20-to 40-year prison sentence Tuesday.
Instead, a state Superior Court panel rejected Eric Piper’s claims that he was the subject of an illegal search by police and that statements by his wife were improperly used against him during his Cumberland County trial nearly two years ago.
Police said Piper, who was a civilian officer with the Defense Logistics Agency police at New Cumberland Army Depot at the time, broke into the victim’s Carlisle-area home in January 2018, beat the 29-year-old man repeatedly with the hammer and kicked him in his jaw and ribs.