Officer Charles Nelson Armetta, 29, of Joppa, was an officer for Aberdeen Police Department. He died while off duty when he fell off a raised portion of the interstate in Baltimore City. MDTA police received a call at 3:15 a.m. on 9/8/12 from someone that reported a person had fallen from northbound I-95 near exit 52 for Russell Street. Police arrived on scene at 3:17 a.m. and found Mr. Armetta in a wooded area beneath the highway. He had fallen approximately 47 feet. Mr. Armetta was with eight or nine friends and family members in a limousine-type bus and the bus had pulled over on I-95 near the off ramp. Mr. Armetta was pronounced dead on the scene by Baltimore medics at 3:42 a.m. The party bus was returning from a trip to Washington, D.C. Mr. Armetta was assigned to the departments recently reinstated police dog unit. His K9 partner Maverick, a 2-year-old German shepherd was recently shipped from Europe to Castle K-9 in Pennsylvania and had been training with the New Castle County Delaware Police Department. The two just graduated a 12 week program on July 12, 2012. He had been with the department since 2007. Approximately a dozen K9 handlers with their canines attended his funeral. He is survived by his wife, Heather Lauren Armetta and a daughter, Adrianna Caprice Armetta who was turning one-year-old in two more days. Donations can be made to the Charles Armetta Memorial, C/O Harco Federal Credit Union, 1028 Middleton Rd, Aberdeen, MD 21001.
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