David Caruso as John Kelly with Amy Brenneman as Janice Licalsi
John Kelly was a fictional character in the television series NYPD Blue. He was portrayed by David Caruso in the first season and the first four episodes of the second season of the series. Dennis Franz and David Caruso on the NYPD Blue first season DVD cover NYPD Blue was a long-running American television police drama set in New York City. ... David Caruso David Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American actor. ...
An Irish-American who was promoted to the rank of detective at the relatively early age of 28, Kelly was a sometimes hot headed cop who always managed to stay just on the right side of the law, usually keeping his hotter headed partner Andy Sipowicz under control. This changed when he became involved with a uniform cop, Janice Licalsi, who murdered a mob boss who had ordered her to kill Kelly. Licalsi did this as her father, also a cop, was on the payroll of the mob boss and she was trying to protect him. Andy Sipowicz is a fictional character played by Dennis Franz on the hit ABC TV series NYPD Blue. ...
Eventually Licalsi was investigated and Kelly withheld evidence that would have pointed to her involvement in the murder. After Licalsi was sentenced to two years in jail for manslaughter it became evident to Kelly that he had no future in the job as Internal affairs were out to get him and he resigned. The last heard of he was acting as a bodyguard. The internal affairs (United States terminology) division of a law enforcement agency investigates incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force. ...
Kelly was married to Laura, a lawyer, but the couple were divorced during his time on the show. He also acted as a sort of mentor to James Martinez a young cop in anti-crime who he partnered for a while whilst Sipowicz was on probation.
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