"Trooper Eric Monk was struck and killed by a vehicle during a traffic stop on US Route 13 in Westover. He had been with the agency for just over 11 years and was survived by wife, brother, mother, and father." Source: ODMP.
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Saturday, May 19, 2018
Maryland's Eastern Shore LODD: Trooper First Class Eric Dwight Monk, Maryland State Police
Saturday 5/19: Today we remember a fallen state trooper who became the 26th line of duty death on the eastern shore of Maryland (Somerset County). Remembering Trooper First Class Eric Dwight Monk, Maryland State Police. End of Watch Saturday, April 9, 1988.
"Trooper Eric Monk was struck and killed by a vehicle during a traffic stop on US Route 13 in Westover. He had been with the agency for just over 11 years and was survived by wife, brother, mother, and father." Source: ODMP.
"Trooper Eric Monk was struck and killed by a vehicle during a traffic stop on US Route 13 in Westover. He had been with the agency for just over 11 years and was survived by wife, brother, mother, and father." Source: ODMP.
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Fallen Officers of Maryland's Eastern Shore: Blue Line Ride to be held Saturday, May 12th 2018
On April 24th we began a project to acknowledge each of the law enforcement officers from the eastern shore of Maryland. As of today we are about halfway through the list of names, having posted one at a time along with their information and a simple memorial image. To honor the fallen, we will be partnering with a local organization for their "Blue Line Ride" this Saturday, May 12th leaving from Willards, MD at noon.
At the ride, hosted by Hogs and Heroes Foundation, Inc. MD-8, the first 35 people to register will receive a card representing each name from the eastern shore, so in this way they will ride in memory of one of the fallen. Part of the idea came from the card you see here, given to the riders of America's 9/11 Ride several years ago. Upon reaching Ground Zero the person carrying this card went to locate Mr. Vialonga's name on the memorial as well to read about him in the museum. We thought this process would provide the the riders at the Blue Line Ride with a personal connection to a name.
We hope you can join the event on Saturday. All are welcome to join in the ride or simply come out to show your support during remarks, remembrance of the fallen and moment of silence.
Thank you to all of our law enforcement agencies and departments. We are grateful for you each and every day! Stay safe and God bless you all.
Sincerely,
Delmarva Supports Law Enforcement
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At the ride, hosted by Hogs and Heroes Foundation, Inc. MD-8, the first 35 people to register will receive a card representing each name from the eastern shore, so in this way they will ride in memory of one of the fallen. Part of the idea came from the card you see here, given to the riders of America's 9/11 Ride several years ago. Upon reaching Ground Zero the person carrying this card went to locate Mr. Vialonga's name on the memorial as well to read about him in the museum. We thought this process would provide the the riders at the Blue Line Ride with a personal connection to a name.
We hope you can join the event on Saturday. All are welcome to join in the ride or simply come out to show your support during remarks, remembrance of the fallen and moment of silence.
Thank you to all of our law enforcement agencies and departments. We are grateful for you each and every day! Stay safe and God bless you all.
Sincerely,
Delmarva Supports Law Enforcement
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Game Warden Charles W. Rider | Maryland Natural Resources Police
Tuesday 5/8: A warden from the previously named Maryland Department of Fish and Game is the fifteenth officer to pass in the line of duty on the eastern shore.
Nov. 7, 1963 District Game Warden Charles W. Rider is on patrol on U.S. 50 in Grasonville, when he swerves to avoid an oncoming vehicle in the wrong lane. Rider, 38, is killed but his quick action saves his partner. Source: MNRP website.
I could find only a brief mention of Warden Rider's name in recent years from an article dated May 2009: "Fallen Heroes Memorial Park rededicated in Queen Anne's County".
Centreville, MD: "The expanded Fallen Heroes Memorial Park was rededicated at a ceremony attended by several dozen people on Thursday. It was first dedicated in June 2003 and has eight stone markers inscribed with the names of men who died in the line of duty including Warden Charles W. Rider, Maryland Department of Fish and Game."
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Nov. 7, 1963 District Game Warden Charles W. Rider is on patrol on U.S. 50 in Grasonville, when he swerves to avoid an oncoming vehicle in the wrong lane. Rider, 38, is killed but his quick action saves his partner. Source: MNRP website.
I could find only a brief mention of Warden Rider's name in recent years from an article dated May 2009: "Fallen Heroes Memorial Park rededicated in Queen Anne's County".
Centreville, MD: "The expanded Fallen Heroes Memorial Park was rededicated at a ceremony attended by several dozen people on Thursday. It was first dedicated in June 2003 and has eight stone markers inscribed with the names of men who died in the line of duty including Warden Charles W. Rider, Maryland Department of Fish and Game."
Visit us on Facebook to learn about the heroes we have lost from our Delmarva Peninsula portion of Maryland.
Sincerely,
Delmarva Supports Law Enforcement
Monday, May 7, 2018
Trooper First Class Arthur W. Plummer, Jr. | Maryland State Police
Monday 5/7: Today we remember a fallen state trooper, the first line of duty death on the eastern shore to be involved in an airplane incident. From the Aviation Command Fallen Heroes website: "Since the inception of Maryland State Police Aviation Command, there has been one airplane and four fatal helicopter crashes. These crashes have claimed the lives of nine State Troopers and one EMT. "
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Quartermaster Sergeant Wilbert V. Hunter, Maryland State Police | EOW: 2/7/36
Thursday 5/3: Today we acknowledge an officer from the Maryland State Police who is the tenth name on the Eastern Shore Memorial wall. An article giving some perspective on the conditions during the winter of 1936 is also included below.
Hunter, Wilbert V. - Quartermaster Sergeant, 30 years old; 7 years and 11 months of service from March 8th, 1928 to February 2nd, 1936. "Quartermaster Sergeant Hunter was part of an expedition attempting to take 2,000 pounds of food stuffs to Smith Island across Tangier Sound from Crisfield, Maryland, during a blizzard on the bay. Sgt. Hunter succumbed to the cold after falling through ice. Sgt. Hunter's commitment and dedication to serving the citizens of Maryland will never be forgotten. He will always be one of Maryland's Finest". Source: MSP Facebook Page.
Hunter, Wilbert V. - Quartermaster Sergeant, 30 years old; 7 years and 11 months of service from March 8th, 1928 to February 2nd, 1936. "Quartermaster Sergeant Hunter was part of an expedition attempting to take 2,000 pounds of food stuffs to Smith Island across Tangier Sound from Crisfield, Maryland, during a blizzard on the bay. Sgt. Hunter succumbed to the cold after falling through ice. Sgt. Hunter's commitment and dedication to serving the citizens of Maryland will never be forgotten. He will always be one of Maryland's Finest". Source: MSP Facebook Page.
Remembering Quartermaster
Sergeant Wilbert V. Hunter
Maryland State Police
EOW: Friday, February 7, 1936
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Officer Harry W. Daugherty, Crisfield, MD Police Department
Today we observe the ninth fallen officer from the eastern shore of Maryland, Officer Harry W. Daugherty of the Crisfield Police Department.
"Policeman Harry Daugherty succumbed to wounds sustained three days earlier when he was attacked by a man with a chisel. Policeman Daugherty had gone to a home on Paper Street to investigate reports of a disturbance. While inside he was attacked by the suspect and stabbed in the temple with a chisel. The suspect was apprehended the following morning after a manhunt involving over 1,000 citizens. He was taken to the Baltimore City Jail by state police officers to prevent him from being lynched by citizens. Policeman Daugherty was survived by his wife and seven children." Source: ODMP
"Policeman Harry Daugherty succumbed to wounds sustained three days earlier when he was attacked by a man with a chisel. Policeman Daugherty had gone to a home on Paper Street to investigate reports of a disturbance. While inside he was attacked by the suspect and stabbed in the temple with a chisel. The suspect was apprehended the following morning after a manhunt involving over 1,000 citizens. He was taken to the Baltimore City Jail by state police officers to prevent him from being lynched by citizens. Policeman Daugherty was survived by his wife and seven children." Source: ODMP
Remembering Officer Harry W. Daugherty
Crisfield Police Department
End of Watch Tuesday, May 1, 1934
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Remembering Officer Joseph E. Kuhn, Maryland State Police | EOW: 4/8/1934
Today we acknowledge the eighth name on the memorial wall located in Rhodesdale, Maryland. This state trooper is the first motorcycle officer to pass in the line of duty on the eastern shore. Officer Kuhn served 1 year and 8 months of service from August 15, 1932 to April 8, 1934. His motorcycle crashed into the rear of a wagon without regulation rear lights, and it is believed that he was blinded by the bright headlights of an oncoming vehicle. Kuhn's sidecar hit a wheel of the wagon and he was thrown from the motorcycle onto the concrete roadway near Mardela Springs outside of Salisbury. Source: MSP Facebook page
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Deputy Sheriff Lewis L. Dryden | Somerset County Sheriff's Office
Sunday, April 29, 2018: The sixth officer we acknowledge today was from Somerset County, Maryland.
"Deputy Lewis Dryden was shot and killed as he and a Princess Anne police officer attempted to serve an arrest on a man who had shot his stepfather. The officers encountered the suspect walking down the street, carrying the shotgun he had used in the previous shooting. As they attempted to take him into custody the man was able to obtain control of Deputy Dryden's pistol and fatally shot him. He then shot and wounded the Princess Anne police officer before fleeing. The suspect was arrested several days later. He was convicted of Deputy Dryden's murder and sentenced to life in prison. Deputy Dryden was survived by his wife." Source: ODMP.org
"Deputy Lewis Dryden was shot and killed as he and a Princess Anne police officer attempted to serve an arrest on a man who had shot his stepfather. The officers encountered the suspect walking down the street, carrying the shotgun he had used in the previous shooting. As they attempted to take him into custody the man was able to obtain control of Deputy Dryden's pistol and fatally shot him. He then shot and wounded the Princess Anne police officer before fleeing. The suspect was arrested several days later. He was convicted of Deputy Dryden's murder and sentenced to life in prison. Deputy Dryden was survived by his wife." Source: ODMP.org
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Cecil County Sheriff's Office | Remembering Sheriff J. Myron Miller
Today we honor the fifth fallen officer from the eastern shore of Maryland. Sheriff J. Myron Miller of the Cecil County Sheriff's Office was shot and killed by a man who had been given shelter at the County Jail in Elkton for three years. Sheriff Miller had asked the man to lay sawdust down in the jail's stables and the man refused unless he was to be paid. The Sheriff then, acting on information he had previously received, asked the man for a weapon he owned. The man put the weapon against Sheriff Miller's right side and shot him. Sheriff Miller was able to walk to his office where he collapsed and died. The suspect was taken into custody by two nearby workers. Sheriff Miller was survived by his wife, who witnessed the incident. ODMP.org
Remembering Sheriff J. Myron Miller
Cecil County Sheriff's Office
EOW: Saturday, March 30, 1912
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Cpl. Richard Daum | Somerset County, MD Sheriff's Office
On December 6th, 2014, Cpl. Richard Daum of the Somerset County Sheriff's Office responded to an accident on Maryland's eastern shore. His quick actions in saving a man and pulling him away from a burning vehicle most likely saved the citizen's life. He was later recognized and given the Lower Eastern Shore Moose Lodge #2431 Valor Award.
Via Delmarvanow.com: Somerset officer on saving man from car fire: 'I was doing my job'
http://www.delmarvanow.com/videos/news/local/maryland/2015/01/06/21358267/
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/01/11/cpl-richard-daum-life-saving-somerset-county-sheriffs-office/21597503/
Links for the Sheriff's Office:
http://www.somersetsheriff.com/agencies/scso.html
https://www.facebook.com/SomersetSheriff/
Via the Somerset County Sheriff's page on facebook May 19th, 2015:
"Cpl. Richard "Rick" Daum recently received the Lower Eastern Shore Moose Lodge #2431 Valor Award. Cpl. Daum received this award as the result of his heroic actions last year when he responded to the scene of a vehicle fire and pulled the occupant to safety. Congratulations Rick!!"
https://www.facebook.com/SomersetSheriff/posts/982022141837655
Via Delmarvanow.com: Somerset officer on saving man from car fire: 'I was doing my job'
http://www.delmarvanow.com/videos/news/local/maryland/2015/01/06/21358267/
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/01/11/cpl-richard-daum-life-saving-somerset-county-sheriffs-office/21597503/
Links for the Sheriff's Office:
http://www.somersetsheriff.com/agencies/scso.html
https://www.facebook.com/SomersetSheriff/
Via the Somerset County Sheriff's page on facebook May 19th, 2015:
"Cpl. Richard "Rick" Daum recently received the Lower Eastern Shore Moose Lodge #2431 Valor Award. Cpl. Daum received this award as the result of his heroic actions last year when he responded to the scene of a vehicle fire and pulled the occupant to safety. Congratulations Rick!!"
https://www.facebook.com/SomersetSheriff/posts/982022141837655
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