Officer David Strong
Officer Strong passed away at his residence on January 19, 2010. Officer Strong was with the Genesee police for ten years. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. Surviving are children Hailee, Chance and Christian and their mother, Debra, and his K9 partner Rex.
Officer James Franklin Carter Jr.
Canine officer Jimmy Carter Jr. was killed in an automobile accident on April 20, 2010 at approximately 9:00 p.m. while en route to work in his own vehicle, a Ford Ranger pickup truck . The crash happened in Butts County along Keys Ferry Road. Investigators said he traveled off a small rut at the edge […]
Sgt. Sean Steven Cuccaro
ust two days after learning of cancer in his liver, Cuccaro was hospitalized March 26, and his condition deteriorated quickly. Cuccaro joined the Sebastopol Police Department on Jan. 31, 1984, when he was appointed a control aide, and on April 5 that same year, was appointed as a reserve officer taking on his first shift […]
Cpl. Clovis Wayne “J.R.” Searcy
Cpl. J.R. Searcy, 33, was finishing his 12 hour day shift around 6 p.m. on 3/4/10 when he Sept. 19, 2001 – Careless operation of a vehicle, May 30, 2002 – Speeding, June 19, 2002- Drug possession, June 21, 2002 – Careless operation of a vehicle, Dec. 12, 2002 – Illegal deer hunting, discharge of […]
Sheriff Deputy Ian Michael Deutch
Dispatchers told her not to do that because she would be heading away from sheriff’s deputies who were going to try to pull Chaffin’s truck over. She chose to park her vehicle and flee inside the casino anyway, with Chaffin following her. A short time later, Chaffin went back outside the casino, got into his […]
Sgt. Gert Johannes Du Toit
The police spotted them driving on Old Potchefstroom Road in the direction of Soweto and took chase. The suspects opened fire on the police during the chase, hitting Officer Kefwa in the hand. They then raced to Protea South in Soweto, where a gun battle broke out and Du Toit was fatally wounded when he […]
Officer Bill Evans
minivan with Ohio plates at 11:36 a.m. traveling eastbound on I-40 at Airport Road and then exited the Interstate onto an off-ramp near College Avenue. Sgt. Brandon Paudert, 39, a back up officer arrived on the scene within moments of the traffic stop. The suspects in the white mini van exited the vehicle with AK […]
Cpl. Max W. Donahue
Cpl Max W. Donahue 23, died Aug. 7 of wounds received Aug. 4 in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was from Highlands Ranch, Colo.; assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, Camp Pendleton, California. He was a working dog handler who enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 17, 2006. He previously served two tours […]
Flyveroverkonstabel Martin Kristiansen
Flyveroverkonstabel Martin Kristiansen, 33, was killed on 6/13/10 and four other Danish soldiers with him were wounded when their M113G3 APC tank was hit by an IED in the region of Forward Patrol Post Budwan. All the soldiers were immediately evacuated by helicopter to the field hospital at Camp Bastion. Martin Kristiansen was declared dead […]
June 7, 2010 – Afghanistan – Age 26
Darren Smith, 26, a K-9 handler was killed along with his K9 Herbie, a 3 1/2 year old Collie Cross, by a road side bomb in Afghanistan while on patrol for his country of Australia on June 7, 2010. His friend, Jacob Moerland, 21, found the explosive device and sounded a warning. He then called […]
