Frank Donnelly

**Detective Frank Donnelly** was a detective who had a history with Detective Elliot Stabler. He was also the leader of a criminal gang outside the NYPD called The Brotherhood.

## History

### Season 2

Donnelly and Stabler first became friends after their fathers became friends. However, in 2002, Stabler and Donnelly lost contact and didn't speak for twenty years. In 2022, Stabler reunited with Donnelly at a bar while he was having a drink. Donnelly sat down next to him and re-introduced himself but Stabler recognised him. Donnelly claimed that he has spoken with Benson that his name came up and that he could use a friend on his side right now. (OC: "...Wheatley Is To Stabler")

Stabler meets with Donnelly at a park while he is tying his shoe lace. Donnelly then shows Stabler a video of Bell throwing Stabler under the bus. After meeting with Bell and Benson, Stabler discovers that Donnelly was taking bribes from the Marcy Killers. Later, Donnelly and Stabler have a drink together and discuss Donnelly's family life. Donnelly then starts complaining about how everyone is against the police officers because of mobile phones. That evening, while Donnelly and Stabler were driving together, Donnelly stops the car and asks Stabler to wait for him while he goes into a house. Donnelly then finds a deceased drug dealer and Stabler shows up offering to be backup. However, Donnelly hands him a load of stolen drug money. Stabler reports back to Bell who discovers that Donnelly is running a gang outside the NYPD. Later, after introducing Stabler to a friend of his, Webb approaches Donnelly saying that he suspects Donnelly of stealing drug money and Donnelly denies his accusations. Webb claims that their alliance is over if Donnelly continues lying to him. Later, after picking up Big Smoke, Stabler and Donnelly are robbed by Hugo and Stabler pretends to go along with it and ends up shooting Flip and Donnelly and Stabler flee the scene. (OC: "Takeover")

As apart of Stabler's undercover assignment, Stabler joins the 37th precinct as Donnelly requested. While being stuck on desk duty, Donnelly approached Stabler and told him that he requested for Stabler to be transferred to the precinct. During Stabler's undercover assignment, Donnelly introduces Stabler to a kid who sells drugs at the same time every night. Donnelly tries to get the kid to tell them where he gets the drugs from and the kid claims that they can't seize his mother's property if he is under arrest. Later, Stabler and Donnelly break into an abandoned warehouse and discover an abandoned drug lab. Donnelly and Stabler discover several bags of drugs and they put them in bags. However, after spotting several gunmen around the corner and they started shooting at them. However, Donnelly takes a bullet for Stabler. After Donnelly is taken to the hospital, Stabler visits him and thanks Donnelly for saving his life. Later, after being discharged from the hospital, Donnelly shows up at a bar and Stabler offers him a drink. Donnelly tells Stabler a story about how Stabler's father, Joseph, faked an injury to cover for a dirty cop. (OC: "Guns & Roses")

Donnelly rides with Stabler and claims that he has plans to bust and then rob a drug dealer. Stabler and Donnelly then get a call which annoys Donnelly. Later, at the bar, Donnelly claims that Stabler's father and his father met at the bar together often with the crew and he insists that all cops were corrupt back in the day. Later, after Stabler met with Santos at a coffee shop, Donnelly enters the car where Stabler and Santos are conversing. Donnelly tells Santos that he wants to hear his plan for the heist and Santos explains the plan to him before leaving. After Santos leaves, Donnelly thanks Stabler for keeping him in the loop and he explains that Santos' daughter has cancer and that the insurance is maxed out. After Santos approaches a guy named Hurley who is feeling nauseous, Donnelly claims that he has a new plan and gets the jewels from Stabler and the keys from Santos. While driving Hurley to the airport, Hurley becomes confused about where Donnelly is taking him and Hurley claims that he wants Donnelly to take him to the police station because he was robbed. After Hurley attempts to attack him, Donnelly then hits Hurley with his gun and shoots him in the head and kills him. (OC: "Can't Knock The Hustle")

At Donnelly's barbecue, Donnelly walked in on the crew talking about Santos' arrest but Donnelly told them that Santos would never snitch on them. Parnell then told Donnelly that they never got this much heat until Stabler showed up. Donnelly told them that Stabler might be his replacement in the future. Webb then called Donnelly and asked him to meet him. Donnelly brought Stabler to meet Webb with him and Webb told Donnelly and Stabler that a shipment of guns from East Africa was stolen from him and a sculpture was stolen from his wife. Donnelly then started becoming hostile towards Webb before Webb threatened him. Webb asked Donnelly and Stabler to investigate the missing shipment and find out who stole the items. Stabler agreed to investigate for fifty thousand dollars. Later, Donnelly and Stabler broke into the shipper's home and demanded answers about where the shipment was. Donnelly then started breaking his' property before the shipper gave up the port authority cop. Stabler and Donnelly surveilled the port authority cop, Harkins. While surveilling Hawkins, Donnelly admitted to cheating on Bridget before breaking into the motel Harkins was in. Hawkins punched Stabler and then Donnelly pointed his gun at him demanding answers from him. Donnelly then attempted to smother Harkins with a pillow before shooting and grazing him. Donnelly threatened Harkins before Stabler stopped him and demanded answers from him. Donnelly and Stabler found out that Hawkins was working under the orders of another man, Victor Braden. When Stabler got to the warehouse, Donnelly called him and backed out of the plan which caused Stabler to meet with Braden alone. Later, after Bridget goes into labor, Donnelly wasn't present which upset Bridget. After Bridget gave birth to their child, Donnelly meets them at the hospital and thanks Stabler for being there. (OC: "Change The Game")

Stabler meets with Donnelly and tells Stabler that he hasn't been drinking much lately after having the baby. Stabler then tells Stabler that Webb had reached out to him and assigned him a mission. Donnelly starts to get aggravated at what Stabler is saying but Stabler says that nothing matters as long as they make money. Donnelly then agrees with Stabler and tells him that it will be a huge haul. As Donnelly and Stabler attempt to see Rutger Ulrich, the Organized Crime Control Bureau and Donnelly's squad surveil them. Donnelly and Stabler manage to get in but Ulrich becomes insulted and not interested. Donnelly and Stabler tell Ulrich that the money comes from Webb and Stabler calls Webb to let him know that Ulrich has made a deal with them. Later, with Malachi's help, Stabler breaks into the money launderer's residence while Donnelly and Malachi search for the concealed room. Stabler then finds a button under a desk which makes the doors open. Later, Stabler talks to Donnelly who claims that Webb will kill them both if he thinks they were involved in a robbery. Donnelly claims that he wants to kill Webb but Stabler doesn't want to keep hiding from Webb but Donnelly does. (OC: "Dead Presidents")

Stabler meets with Donnelly at his home and informs him about Sara’s kidnapping. Stabler then tells Donnelly that he’s working with Benson on the case and the two start discussing more about the case before getting approached by Bridget. Donnelly and Bridget then reveal to Stabler that they named their new child after Stabler. Stabler tells Donnelly that he’s honoured. Donnelly and Stabler then leave the house and tells Stabler that he feels for Santos. Donnelly tells Stabler that he would kill anyone that tried to hurt his children. After Rosaria got a call from the kidnapper demanding money in exchange for Sara’s return, Donnelly gave Rosaria the ransom money at her home. Later, Donnelly approaches Stabler and Benson while they are talking in the car. Benson then acts like she is jealous of Stabler and Donnelly’s partnership before Donnelly leaves. Later, Bell and Jet reveal to Stabler that Donnelly robbed money from Rutger Ulrich and was setting up Stabler to take the fall. (OC: “Lost One”)

Donnelly digs up a box using a shovel in the backyard before he is approached by Bridget. Bridget starts to get hostile towards Donnelly before going back inside. Later, Stabler approaches Donnelly to speak to him privately and Donnelly makes everyone in the squad leave. Stabler questions Donnelly about robbing Ulrich and Donnelly claimed that he bribed the head of security just in case there was no money in Ulrich's concealed room. Stabler then asks Donnelly who used his credit card to purchase the rental van used in the robbery. Donnelly tells Stabler that Raymond Moss purchased the rental van using Stabler's credit card. Stabler then calls Jet and asks her what the last charge on his credit card was. Donnelly then asks Stabler what he would do to him if he purchased the rental van using his credit card. Stabler tells Donnelly that he would shoot him in the head. Later, Donnelly announces that he is stepping down as the leader of The Brotherhood and that he is putting Stabler in charge. Stabler and the rest of The Brotherhood object but Donnelly refuses to listen to them. Later, Bridget questions Donnelly about the money and Donnelly tells Bridget that they have to leave the city. Bridget tells Donnelly that she doesn't want to leave the city but Donnelly tells her that they have to go on the run for a while. Donnelly then promises Bridget that they will be back by Christmas. (OC: "Streets Is Watching")

### Death

After Stabler confronts Hanson about staging a shooting, Hanson calls Donnelly and tells Donnelly that Stabler has been working undercover to investigate him and The Brotherhood. Donnelly then takes off but refuses to tell Bridget what happened which upsets her. Donnelly then meets members of The Brotherhood at a bar and tells them that Stabler has been working undercover to investigate them. Donnelly then orders The Brotherhood to assassinate Stabler for betraying them. Donnelly then tells Stabler that he wants to talk to him and tells Stabler that he is planning on finding and dealing with Webb and Donnelly asks Stabler how the experience of being the leader is. Donnelly tells Stabler that he entrusted him with the thing closest to his heart. Later, Donnelly calls Stabler and tells Stabler that he knows where Webb is hiding. Donnelly then texts Stabler the address where Stabler meets Donnelly. When Stabler meets with Donnelly, Parnell and Bolton appear out of the hallway which causes a gunfight. Stabler manages to escape and jumps out of a window but is shot three times by Parnell. Luckily, Stabler was wearing a bulletproof vest to avoid getting shot. Donnelly meets with Parnell and Bolton and the three then discuss their next move which is to avoid being caught by the police. Bell later manages to arrest the entire Brotherhood except for Donnelly but the rest of the members refuse to turn on him. Later, Stabler starts chasing Donnelly while Bell has Jet track Stabler because he refuses to allow them to send backup. Donnelly then abandons his vehicle and Stabler starts yelling out to Donnelly while he hides around a corner. Stabler tries to get Donnelly to surrender but Donnelly refuses to allow Stabler to arrest him. Donnelly then tells Stabler that he broke his heart. Donnelly then stands on train tracks in an act of suicide while the train moves towards him and the train ends up hitting Donnelly. (OC: "Friend Or Foe")

## Known Victims

### Personal

* Clifton Hurley (assaulted and murdered)
* Harkins (assaulted; survived)
* Unnamed man (assaulted)

### Proxy

* Elliot Stabler (assaulted by Scott Parnell and Ron Bolton)

## Appearances

* Law & Order: Organized Crime
	+ Season 2: "...Wheatley Is To Stabler" • "Takeover" • "Guns & Roses" • "Can't Knock The Hustle" • "Change The Game" • "Dead Presidents" • "Lost One" • "Streets Is Watching" • "Friend Or Foe"