Rocky Salentino - the third enty in the Jim Buchanan character series

Rocco 'Rocky' Salentino, Sanders County Assistant Sheriff, met Jim while they were United States Air Force buddies. At the start of the series, Rocky is 32, six feet tall with brown eyes and black, crew cut hair. He has a stocky build honed by years of body building. Jim hired Rocky in 1995 after Jim was elected to a four-year term. Rocky is a first generation Italian-American and moved to Brooklyn, NY with his family when he was nineteen. He is a former Fulton/Rockaway street-wise hoodlum and his Brooklyn friends nicknamed him 'Double O'. He was born in and his family originates from Avellino, Italy which is a medium sized town near Naples. Rocky left the love of his life in Avellino, the lovely, blue-eyed Eleonora Paravicini. He longs to return to Italy with the hope of renewing his relationship with his soul-mate, Eleonora.