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Sunday, 01 December 2019 06:58

Detective Wiley M. Owens, Jr

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Detective Wiley M. Owens, Jr

 

Detective Wiley M. Owens, Jr

On this day in Baltimore Police History 1 Dec 1973, we lost our brother Detective Wiley M. Owens, Jr to poisoning based on the following News articles:

Tests being made to determine if police officer in secret unit died of poisoning

13 Dec, 1973

Medical authorities are conducting extensive test to determine whether a city police officer assigned to investigate organized crime and radical organizations died of poisoning one December 1973

according to the state medical examiner’s office, these chemical tests are being made in the death of police officer Wiley M Owens Junior 31 of the 1900 block of E. 30th St.

The tests were prompted by this physician’s belief that the officer might have died of arsenic poisoning. Arsenic has since been ruled out. However, police officials have been reluctant to discuss the case until they have full test results, which are expected early next week. However, Dennis S Hill, the city police information chief, confirmed an “investigation has been underway since he [Detective Mr. Owens] was admitted to the hospital.”

Detective at once, who had been in the super secret Inspectional Services division for the past year, but whose specific assignment has not been revealed, was admitted to Union Memorial hospital 25 November 1973.

According to an assistant medical examiner, the detective went into a coma the day after his admittance. Extensive test failed to diagnose his illness and he died the following Saturday without recovering consciousness.

The detective’s wife, Thelma Owens, to whom he was married for 13 years, was reluctant to discuss her husband’s death, “we don’t know anything, I can’t tell you anything until they tell us something.” She said, “he really didn’t like to talk about his work, not with anybody.”

An assistant medical examiner said yesterday that, while testing conducted so far has ruled out arsenic poisoning, other tests are being made to detect the possibility of some other chemical poisonings.

The medical examiner cautioned, however, that it might be impossible to ever detect the cause of the detective’s death. He pointed out that if the officer indeed died of poisoning or drug overdose. Chemical changes in his body might have destroyed any evidence of the foreign substance in his blood. Tissue or liver.

Before joining the Baltimore police, Detective Ellen’s spent several years with the Special Forces in the Army. He was married and the father of three children

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Crime Prober Poisoned

27 Feb, 1974

Anti-freeze Ingredient
Tied to Dec. I Death

 

A city police officer assigned to investigate organized crime who died December 1 was poisoned, an assistant state medical examiner confirmed yesterday.

Dr. William S. Medart said that Officer Wiley M. Owens, Jr., 31, died after consuming ethylene glycol, an active Ingredient In antifreeze.

The Police Department Is conducting an Investigation of the death to determine lf the poisoning was accidental, suicide or homicide. Dennis S. Hill, a police spokesman, said homicide detectives have not "ruled out any of the three possibilities." Odorless and colorless.

Officer Owens, who had been assigned to the super-secret Inspectional Services Division for the past year, but whose specific assignment has not been revealed, was admitted to Union Memorial Hospital November 25. The policeman went into a coma the next day. He died the following Saturday without gaining consciousness after extensive tests failed to reveal the nature of his illness, according to another assistant medical examiner.

The poison, which is odorless and colorless, could be given to a victim in a glass of water or mixed drink without his knowledge, Dr. Medart said. He added that the poison enters the bloodstream and causes kidney failure.

12 hours, the victim will go into a coma. After the original · autopsy made medical examiners. "99 percent sure that he had been poisoned," samples of the officer's kidneys were sent to the Armed Forces. Pathological Laboratory in Washington. The findings were returned this week, he said.

"Our investigation is continuing,"

Mr. Hill said. "We've talked to all types of people. We're conducting a thorough investigation. "There have been some rumors that his death may have had something · to do with his work," Mr. Hill added, but police have been unable to substantiate that.

He predicted that the Investigation would take at least "several more weeks." In 1972, Officer Owens was the main witness against Jackson Pennington, a lawyer who was convicted of offering the policeman a $100 bribe to give false testimony in a drunken driving case.

Before joining the department, Officer Owens spent several years with the Special Forces.' He was the father of three children.

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Suit by police widow remanded to city court

13 Nov, 1976

Remanded to City Court

Annapolis-The Court of Special Appeals yesterday sent back the Baltimore Superior Court a suit by the widow of a Baltimore city police officer who has been trying to get records on her husband's death from the department.

Wiley M. Owens, Jr., a detective with the department's secret Inspectional Services Division, died in December 1973, after consuming ethylene glycol, an active ingredient in antifreeze.

Although medical examiners at first said the death was most probably a homicide, an investigation by the Police Department ruled that the death was not murder and was not in the line of duty.

But Thelma J. Owens, his widow, demanded records from the department on the investigation, claiming that her husband had feared there was a "contract" on his life.

Mrs. Owens has been trying to claim special death benefits from the board of trustees of the Fire and Police Employee Retirement System, and the board at her lawyer's request, also went after the police records.

But the department has steadfastly refused to release the information claiming there was no "imperative duty" to disclose the records and that such action was not in the public interest.

Millard S. Rubenstein, the assistant attorney general representing the police commissioner, said that the city state's attorney had been involved in the investigation and had found nothing that would lead to an indictment.

Mrs. Owens took her efforts to the city Superior Court, but Judge Shirley, B. Jones technically upheld the Police Department's position with a ruling on a preliminary motion.

In remanding the case, the appeals court held that a decision on the matter should be based on Maryland's 1970 Public Information Act, which calls for general disclosure of public records with exceptions only when disclosure would be against the public interest.

The initial petition by Mrs. Owens did not seek the information under that law, though the matter was raised on appeal.

In most cases, arguments on appeal can only be those made on the lower court level but a Maryland rule permits a remand on other issues when the "purposes of justice will be advanced by permitting further proceedings."

The court's ruling allows Mrs. Owens to amend her petition to allege an action under the public information law.

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End of Watch 1 December 1973
City, St. City, St.
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Cause of Death Poison
Weapon - Ethylene Glycol
District Worked Criminal Investigation Division
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Wednesday, 20 November 2019 04:45

Police Officer Elmer A. Noon

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Police Officer Elmer A. Noon

Police Officer Elmer A. Noon

On this day in Baltimore Police History 1946, we lost our Brother Police Officer Elmer A. Noon, to a heart attack based on the following: Officer Noon was 41 years old, and died of a heart attack shortly after returning home from work. Elizabeth-Ann used to wait for her dad to get home to tell her how his day went, this was normally achieved by his telling her a police war story, that he would always tone it down for her four year old ears. On this day however, as he came into the house he was visibly ill, not wanting their daughter to see him this way patrolman Noon’s wife Elizabeth bypassed the evening ritual with Elizabeth-Ann and took her husband straight in to bed, then went and called immediately for medical attention By the time The Doctor arrived, Officer Noon had died. The Doctor had determined that the cause of death was a massive heart attack.

His commanders and wife were confused by the cause of death because he had always appeared to be in such good shape, and had not exhibited any of the warning signs, or physical symptoms related to heart attack. The Doctor mentioned the possibility that, “great physical exertion” by even a healthy man, could sometimes result in a heart attack.

Investigators would focus their attention on his last several calls for service before leaving. They quickly honed in one a call he handled at 10 minutes to four, when Officer Noon and his partner, Patrolman Otto Leyhe, 23 car had responded to the intersection of Gay and Forrest Streets, outside of the Belair Market, to help a Special Police Officer, Officer Fred Thomas who was attempting to subdue a Disorderly Drunk. The Drunk Albert Thomas Rogers, on top of being intoxicated, he was large, and he was strong. Citizens stood by watching as the much larger, Rogers, tossed the Special Police Officer around like a rag doll. As Officer Noon and Leyhe pulled up on scene Officer Noon could see the security officer in need of assistance, so before their patrol car could come to a complete stop, Officer Noon had leapt from the passenger seat to the street, and joined in the fight. Patrolman Leyhe had not made it to the tussling officer’s before he saw all Rogers toss Officer Noon aside. It was like two warriors fighting a giant, and the giant was winning, but the warriors were not giving up.

Officer Noon was thrown with such force that he didn’t touch the ground until his body was slammed onto the side of their police vehicle. Stunned a but not unconscious Officer Noon, got up shook it off, showing no fear, he went right back in after Rogers; this time he removed a device from his belt called an “Iron Call” for those that don’t know “The Iron Claw” was mixed of the older “Come Along” (a choke chain device used to latch onto a suspects wrist), and the more modern day, “Police handcuff”. When Officer Noon latched this device onto Roger’s wrist, the fight was not completely over, but it was more controlled by the police than by Rogers. Not long after this (Officer Leyhe estimated to be a 5 to 10 minutes), another officer, patrolman William Ervine, arrived and helped subdue Rogers. It took four officers to control the violent drunk, and get him into the patrol wagon. The wagon driven by patrolman Hue Law, Patrolman Law, would take Rogers to the Northeastern Station House for booking, due to his combative actions an officer would have to ride in the wagon with him; being the second man in a two man car; Officer Noon, was elected for the ride to keep Rogers from escaping, or a assaulting anyone else. The entire trip from the scene to the station house, to the cell-block and to the holding cell was one continuous battle. Still, Officer Noon declined to charge Roger’s with anything other than his initial act of drunk and disorderly. We’ll never know if this was out of compassion for a drunk that didn’t know fully what he was doing, or his being anxious to get home to Elizabeth-Ann and tell her about this, one of his more action packed war stories.

Members of his family waited anxiously for the outcome of the investigation into his death. Concerned for their daughter, sister, Aunt Elisabeth, and granddaughter, niece and cousin Elisabeth-Ann. Because without the determination that it had occurred in the line of duty, and the modest financial benefit that that decision would permit, Elizabeth faced the difficult time of raising their daughter on her own. Fortunately, on January 7, 1947, Raymond Newman was able to pen a letter to the commissioner Hamilton R. Atkinson, praising the department’s decision to consider his brother’s death in the line of duty, in it he wrote, “The decision rendered is a credit to the department, and proves that the men in charge have their interests of those under them at heart.”

Officer Noon was 41 years old, when he died of a heart attack shortly after returning home from work. Just before Officer Noon’s shift ended he went to the assistance of a Special Police Officer in the Belair Market. A man assaulted both officers, and two more that would arrive as back-up. The suspect’s violently resisting caused Officer Noon to be thrown against the side of his radio car, and his eventual heart attack. Officer Noon died two hours after this altercation; he was married and had a four year daughter, it was on this day 1946 (a Wednesday, November 20)


As his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department we will not let him be forgotten, His service Honored the City of Baltimore, and the Baltimore Police Department may he rest in peace, and may God bless him.

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End of Watch 20 November, 1946
City, St. Gay and Forrest Streets
Panel Number 59-E: 9
Cause of Death Heart Attack
District Worked Northeastern
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Saturday, 16 November 2019 23:21

Honorary Policeman Simon Fried

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Honorary Policeman Simon Fried

 Simon Fried hs Sep 29 1946

Honorary Policeman Simon Fried

On 24 Aug 1946 Simon Fried, 38, a tailor from the 100 block Asquith street, was shot and seriously wounded by the assailant that resisted arrest of and assaulted.

Patrolman Edwin J. Humphries reported that he had attempted to arrest a young man that had been following two women threatening them with a brick, as Officer Humphries went to arrest him, he pulled a gun, and buffaloed the officer knocking him to the ground, while on the ground the young man turned the gun and aimed it at the Officer’s head. The officer had drawn his weapon while he was falling to the ground but the assailant immediately kicked at it, knocking it from the grasp of the officer, and into the middle of the street. Now unarmed, and unable to fend himself, the officer was suffering the early stages of a concussion, weak and far from being a threat to anyone at this point. Still, the young man turned his pistol and pointed it at the officer's head, cocking the hammer back, ready to take a life.

At this time a 38 year old tailor by the name of Simon Fried, who lived in the 100 block Asquith street, ran toward the suspect and the officer. Unable to just stand by and witness an execution of the officer, he picked up the gun that had been kicked from the officers hand, pointed it at the young man and yelled, "Drop That Gun," The suspect quickly turned his gun on Mr Fried as he fired three shots, the Tailor returned fire but not being someone that was familiar with guns laid down what amounted to nothing more than suppression fire. Don't get me wrong, this suppression fire was was not a bad thing, it missed the suspect, but in the process, it did two, or three things, missing may have prevented Mr Fried from having to deal with shooting a man, but more importantly were the next two things, first it chased the shooter away, and most important it stopped him from shooting his gun directly into the head on the near unconscious officer, saving the officer's life.

So while these actions saved the life of Patrolman Edwin J. Humphries, other than a minor head injury Patrolman Humphries would be OK.  Mr. Fried however would not be so lucky, in the exchange, he took a round in his spine, a spine that would make him  a hero and a paraplegic all within the speed of a bullet. Never to walk again. While Mr. Fried never applied to become a police officer, and was never sworn in, he knew what it meant to lay down his life, for another, he was made an Honorary Policeman by many of the Unions, and organizations of the day.  He was presented a Bronze Star, and several other Commendations from area law enforcement agencies for his bravery.

The assailant was later caught, and sentenced to 22 years for assault with intent to murder.

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The Baltimore Sun Tue Dec 31 1946 7230 Dec 1946 Mr Simon Fried Became-the First Civilian to Receive a Sworn Officer's Commendation

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TAILOR SHOT GOING TO AID OF POLICEMAN

Patrolman Disarmed and Felled at Asquith and Lexington
23 Aug 1946

While attempting to aid a policeman who had been knocked to the ground, and disarmed late last night [22 Aug 1946] Simon Fried, 38, a tailor of the 100 block Asquith street, was shot and seriously wounded by the assailant. Patrolman Edwin J. Humphries reported that he had attempted to arrest a Negro for following two Negro women and threatening them with a brick at Lexington and Asquith Streets.

When he tried to search the prisoner, the patrolman said, the man pulled a revolver, struck the policeman on the head, knocking him to the ground. As he fell, the policeman attempted to pull his service revolver from his holster but the assailant immediately knocked it from his grasp and to the middle of the street.

"Drop That Gun," Mr. Fried orders, as the man stood pointing his revolver at the policeman's head. Fried, who had been sitting on his front steps, ran up and snatched the patrolman’s gun from the ground.

Pointing it at the armed assailant, witnesses were quoted as having heard him say; "Drop that gun. Don't bother that policeman."

Instead of dropping it, the man turned the gun toward Fried and fired three shots... one of which struck the young tailor in his right side.

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As he fell, Fried fired a shot, and then two more from the street where he lay. The man fled down Asquith Street and escaped. Fried's Condition was marked as "Serious". Taken to the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fried underwent an emergency operation early that morning - [23 Aug 1946].

His condition was described as "serious." Patrolman Humphries was treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for contusions of the head received, he said, when his assailant struck him with the butt of his revolver. "The last thing I remember was reaching for my gun and the man hitting me on the head. Then I must have been stunned for a moment," he said.

When the man attempted to Shoot Fried. his first shot apparently misfired according to the patrolman, who said that he heard the gun click once before the shot. He said that he was notified by the Northeastern Police Station that the two women had telephoned complaining that the husband of one of I he women, had been following them for several blocks and threatening them with the brick.

When he arrived at the corner, Patrolman Humphries said, the omen pointed out the man who was standing in a store doorway, The search for the man. following the shooting, was extended over Northeast Baltimore under the direction of Lieut. John B. Kenealy. Meanwhile six members of the Fifth Ward Democratic Club, of which Fried is vice president: appeared at the hospital and were standing by early this morning to offer their blood for transfusions They were Nathan Silverman, of the 2500 block Quantico avenue: Joseph Davidson, of the 2200 block 1 Park Hill avenue: Sidney Feldman, of the· first block West Oliver street; Earl Stelmae, of the 1200 block East Lexington street; Samuel Heilpern, of the 100 block Asquith street. and Sam Fried, of the 1700 block Delaware avenue.

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The Tailor Died from Complication that Aroused from the Injuries he Received that day 20 years ago.
14 February 1966

Today in Baltimore Police History we lost an honorary police officer, Good Samaritan and genuine police hero based on the following: While under attack out drawn on and buffaloed by a young black male, Officer Edwin J Humphries had attempted to draw his weapon to defend himself, but the blow to the head by the young man pistol was more than he could handle, and it was he could do to keep from passing out, still the young black male began to point his gun at the officers head when Mr. Fired, ran to where the officer had dropped his gun, picked it up and yelled to the suspect to leave the officer alone. Hearing Mr. Fried’s voice the suspect quickly turned and fired 3 shots in his direction, one striking him in his spinal cord paralyzing his left leg/foot and causing severe pain in that leg. Mr. Fried fired three rounds in return, missing with all three, but still chasing the suspect off, thereby saving the officer, and himself from further injury. Other than a head injury Patrolman Humphries was OK, Mr. Fried would never walk again. While Mr. Fried never applied to become a police officer, and was never sworn in, he knew what it meant to lay down his life, for another, he was made an Honorary Officer many of the Unions, and originations of the day, and was awarded Bronze Stars, and several other Commendations for his bravery.  

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Policeman’s helper dies – Simon Fried succumbs as a result of here with him in 1946 Simon Fried, and unassuming closing cutter who saved a policeman’s life, died last night at Sinai hospital, paying for his heroism with his life.

Mr. Fried, who was 58, was shot in 1946 while defending a Baltimore city policeman. A single bullet lodged near his spine causing paralysis of his left foot and leaving it vulnerable to infection.

Despite the pain of his injury Mr. Fried continued working at the more robust Inc. at 501 East Preston St. During the blizzard cold and wetness caused frostbite in his vulnerable foot and gangrene set in.

Infection spread

Medical authorities said the infection spread, affecting his kidneys. Uremic poisoning developed and, as a result his heart failed at 7:30 PM last night.

Mr. Fried or deal of pain began on the rainy night of August 22, 1946 when returning home from the fifth Democratic club. He stopped at the corner of Asquith in Lexington Street to watch a disbursement between policeman Edwin J Humphreys and a young man. Suddenly the man pulled a pistol and struck the patrolman. The patrolman’s pistol fell into the street and the assailant held his own gun at the semiconscious officer’s head. Picked up the policeman’s gun

Mr. Freeman ran over and picked up the policeman’s gun and said “leave that policeman alone.” The assailant world. Fired three shots at Mr. Fried hitting him once and fled as the falling Man returned three shots that missed. The policeman was uninjured and the assailant was later caught and sentenced to 22 years for assault with intent to murder.

Mr. Fried said later “I would do it again I thought the man was going to kill the policeman”.

Metals and citations for his heroism Mr. Fried received a bronze medal from the Carnegie commission, a Maryland medal of honor and other citations, honorary membership into several police associations, funds and columns of newsprint.

He also received operations and much of the medical treatment. But the pain continued. He suffered frostbite while going to work during the blizzard. Working, he said helped distract him from the pain.

Mr. Fried lived alone in his apartment at 6930 Brookmill road.

Two daughters and five grandchildren

His survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Natalie Schreiner of Baltimore, and Miss Sonia Perry of Chillicothe Ohio, and five grandchildren.

Also surviving are three brothers, Samuel, Jack and Goodman Fried. All Baltimore and two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Turk and Mrs. Dora Abrams, both the Baltimore funeral arrangements are incomplete

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Friday, 01 November 2019 13:26

Officer Carl Peterson, Jr

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Officer Carl Peterson, Jr

 

Officer Carl Peterson, Jr.

On this day in Baltimore City Police History 12 June 1971, we lost our brother Police Officer Carl Peterson, Jr. to Gunfire based on the following. On 12 June 1971 about 2155 hours, in front of Pine Street Station, Officer Bruce Green, operating 128 car, received information from Gwendolyn Jeanette Carter, 17 years, that a man was holding her mother, Mrs. Katherine White and her daughter Leisa Carter, age 2 ½, at gunpoint, at 250 Pearl Street. The officer proceeded south on Pine Street to Lexington Street and East on Lexington to Pearl Street. At this point, he was approached by Alvin Lee Gill who reported that an officer had been shot on the corner at Lexington and Pearl Street. Officer Green observed Officer Carl Peterson lying on the sidewalk at that location. He observed that the officer’s revolver was missing and the officer was bleeding from the left side of the face. Municipal Ambulance #1 responded to the scene and removed Officer Peterson to University Hospital. Officer Peterson was treated for a gunshot wound to the head and died as a result of this wound at 2345 hours on June 12, 1971. Pronounced dead by Dr. Daniel Cook of the neurological staff. Officer Kenneth Burke assigned to Unit 122 received a call from Communications at 2155 hours, 12 June 1971, to 239 N. Pearl Street, for a man with a gun and a two-year-old hostage on the second floor. Officer Arnold Adams, Unit 112 responded to the scene as a backup unit. On arrival at 239 N. Pearl Street, the officers were advised that a person had kicked on the front door and entered the house. This person was carrying a baby in one hand and a revolver in the other hand. Officer Adams removed the department shotgun from 112 car in the company with Officer Burke proceeded to the house. The officers heard footsteps on the second floor and made their way up the staircase. They commanded the person in the room to show himself with his hands stretched out. The person in the room came out and identified himself and advised them that the person they wanted was on the third floor. The officers proceeded to the third floor calling commands to release the girl and come out with his hands up. The officers then went to the third floor and Officer Adams kicked in the door. At this point, he observed the suspect standing to the left of the door and the 2 ½-year-old girl just to his right. The suspect pointed the revolver at Officer Adam’s face. He stepped back and pointed the shotgun around the door. The suspect grabbed the barrel of the shotgun. Officer Adams did not fire for fear of hitting the child. A struggle then ensued for the shotgun. The suspect then released it and pointed the gun he was carrying around the door at Officer Burke. Officer Burke grabbed the suspect’s gun hand and pulled his own revolver and fired a shot. Officer Burke then rushed into the room and struggled with the suspect. Officer Adams quickly removed the child from the room then went to Officer Burke’s assistance. The officers attempted to bring him down the stairs. The suspect fell down several steps but was restrained by the officers. Both suspect and officers were treated at Mercy Hospital for injuries received as a result of affecting the arrest. The arrested person was identified as Roland Leroy Jackson of 209 Myrtle Avenue. The revolver taken from Jackson was the service revolver or Officer Carl Peterson. The investigation revealed that Officer Carl Peterson was at the call box at Lexington and Green Streets when a man fitting Jackson’s description knocked him down. The person then removed Officer Peterson’s revolver and shot him above the left eye and fled the scene. Officer Adams and Officer Burke were unaware that a police officer had been shot when taking into custody Roland Jackson. Roland Jackson made a res gestae statement to Officer Anthony Lamartina while being at Mercy Hospital. Jackson blurted out “I don’t know why I did it, I was trying to find myself.” Officer Lamartina immediately advised Jackson of his rights. Jackson again stated, “I don’t know why I did it Officer Pete has given my daughter and others’ children in the area candy and other goodies.” Jackson made no further statements.

He will not be forgotten by us, his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department. God Bless him, and may he rest in peace

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Friday, 01 November 2019 13:24

Officer John R. Phelan

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Officer John R. Phelan

 

On this day in Baltimore Police History 1956 we lost our brother Police Officer John R. Phelan due to gunfire based on the following;

The photograph of a rookie who dreamed of nothing more than police work as a career, now hangs in his nephew’s office, it is balanced by the unique patch of the Baltimore Police Department in a custom frame. The picture of the young man, full of life with unquestioned pride in his eyes, makes one contemplate his own mortality. At the end of 21, and with only four months of service protecting the City of Baltimore, Officer Phelan died at the back of an ambulance, the victim of a bullet from his own service weapon. His widow, 19 year old Jacquelyn Phelan, described her late husband’s love for police work as if it were a religion, she spoke of the many times he would rearrange his uniform, and clean his gun until he felt it was perfect. He would also polish the badge he worked so hard to earn. Sadly, the young man was killed before the birth of their first child. The neighborhood in the Northwest District lived in fear, as a gang of armed robbers on a rampage, were robbing small businesses and citizens at will. Officer Phelan bravely patrolled the areas hardest hit by those robberies. In an effort to catch the robbery suspects in the act, several officers hid in the back rooms of liquor stores, and grocery stores and patiently waited for these criminals to strike. Patrolman Wilbert J Schroeder hid in the rear of the Park’s Liquor Store in the 2700 Block of West North Avenue. Late on the evening of September 29, 1959, three men burst through the front door the liquor store brandishing handguns; they began shouting orders to the store owner William Park and his two employees, Gilmor Donte and James Curtis. On emerging from his hiding space, Patrolman Schroeder was met with a barrage of gunfire from less than 10 feet away, bullets flew, shattering bottles and cases of beer, but, amazingly, not a single person was struck, and the three robbers fled to the street. Officer Schroeder close behind, took aim at the largest member of the group and let his final round fly. It struck Alvin Herbert Braxton, a 6 foot, 210 lb. seventeen-year-old in his leg as he ran. The shot stopped Alvin Braxton in his tracks. With news a gun battle spreading fast, requests for assistance were quickly answered. Among those who responded were Patrolman Phelan and his partner, Patrolman Theodore Weintraub. With the scene secure, the officers sent for an ambulance to care off the young criminals for treatment to his leg wound. Medics, Walter Robinson and Mark Rohm arrived shortly afterward and loaded the critically injured man into their ambulance. In the mid 1950s, handcuffs, and leg irons were a luxury item. Often those patrolman who had them had spent their own money to acquire them. On this night not a single responding patrolman had a set of handcuffs to restrict the movement of the prisoner. In order to properly guard against escape, Officer Phelan and Weintraub joined the medics in the back of the ambulance for a ride to Lutheran Hospital. Braxton saw an opportunity to escape and began to fight despite the throbbing pain in his leg. The two patrolmen fought back in a desperate struggle within the closed quarters of the ambulance. The medics stopped their vehicle in the intersection of Popular Grove and Baker Street and went to aid of the patrolman. Before Robinson and Rohm could help, Braxton ripped of Officer Phelen’s gun from his holster and began firing wildly. He managed to shoot his way to temporary freedom by fatally wounding Officer Phelan and hitting Weintraub in both legs. The violent youth forced open the doors to the ambulance and assaulted a taxicab driver who was stopped nearby. He then took control of the cab and rammed the rear of the ambulance to keep the patrolman inside. By this time, others were responded to the sounds of gunfire, and frightened calls from citizens. Patrolman Henry Hau was first on the scene upon seeing Braxton Officer Hau took careful aim and shot Braxton four more times. With their ambulance damaged, Robinson and Rohm sped to the hospital in an attempt to save the two patrolmen’s lives. John Phelan died before he would reach the hospital, he would become the youngest officer to lose his life in the service of the city of Baltimore; eventually patrolman Weintraub would recover from his wounds. Patrolman Phillip Buratt and William DePaula, who were driving the patrol wagon, responded to the scene. Still without handcuffs, they transported the wounded Braxton to Lutheran Hospital for much needed care; upon arrival to the hospital Braxton would again attempt an escape, this time he would fight with all his strength despite his extensive injuries, eventually being subdued by an overwhelming number of police who finally handcuffed him. After he had received the necessary care, Braxton revealed the names of his fellow gang members, and where they could be found. Police arrested and charged Alvin Braxton, Roger Ray, Earl Pickett, and Albert Braxton, Alvin’s older brother, they were all charged with more than 11 robberies. The gang had stolen nearly $36,000 and three pistols. Allen Braxton was also tried convicted of murdering Officer John R. Phelan. If anything good could come of such a tragic moment, it was the public’s outcry over the fact that officers were not properly equipped. Newspaper editorials insisted on properly funding and equipping the Baltimore Police Department. One editorial looked upon the idea as a matter of common sense, “Certainly relatively small budget items should not stand in the way of maximum protective equipment for all policemen.” The editor went one to suggest that taxpayers would be far from hostile to inclusion of relatively small sums for general issuance of both handcuffs and new holsters.”

These measures did little to comfort young Jacqueline’s grief at the loss of her new husband, but they did promise that in the future, officers would have the added measure of safety that many officers today take for granted.

As his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department we will not let him be forgotten, His service Honored the City of Baltimore, and the Baltimore Police Department may he rest in peace, and may God bless him.

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End of Watch 29 September, 1956
City, St. Popular Grove and Baker Street
Panel Number 12-W: 15
Cause of Death Gunfire
District Worked Northwestern
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Friday, 01 November 2019 13:22

Patrolman Howard L. Pitts

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Patrolman Howard L. Pitts

 

On this day 6 Dec, 1931 we lost our brother, Patrolman Howard L. Pitts to a line of duty illness based on the following:

OFFICER STRICKEN OPENING CALL BOX

Dec 7, 1931


The Sun (1837-1989); pg. 10

OFFICER STRICKEN OPENING CALL BOX

Patrolman Howard L Pitts
Dies Victim of Cerebral
Hemorrhage

CRIES OUT FOR AID

Bystanders Run To His Side
After He Falls To Street.
Widow Survives

Patrolman Howard L. Pitts. 47, was the victim of a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday morning just as he was opening a call box at the corner of Baltimore and Smallwood streets to ring the Southwestern Police Station. He died in the Franklin Square Hospital about a half hour later.

James Stromer, 2221 West Baltimore Street, and Norbert Smith, 2225 West Baltimore Street, who were standing across the street from the patrolman when he reached for the box, heard him cough violently and ran to his assistance as the policeman cried out to them.

When they reached his side Patrolman Pitts had fallen to the street. Unable to manipulate the box, the two men waited until Patrolman Edward Lawrence of the Western District, on his way to duty, descended from a trolley car a few minutes later and called the Southwestern district station. Patrolman Pitts was taken in An ambulance to the hospital1 where he died at 11:59 A. M. He had been directing traffic in front of St. Martin's Catholic Church, at Fulton Avenue and Fayette Street, before he was stricken.

Appointed In 1913

The policeman, who was appointed to the force in 1913, had been attached since to the Southwestern District Station.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Stella Pitts. of 512 South Bentalou street, four sisters and a brother

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End of Watch 6 December, 1931
City, St. Baltimore, Md
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Friday, 01 November 2019 13:18

Sergeant John Platt

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Sergeant John Platt

 

Sergeant John Platt

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On this day in Baltimore Police History 2000, we lost our brothers, Sergeant Platt and Officer Kevin McCarthy who were killed when their patrol car as it was broadsided in that Hamilton intersection by a drunk driver. The two officers were on routine patrol in a residential area when the driver of a full-size pickup truck failed to obey a stop sign causing the collision.

The impact caused the officer’s patrol car to flip over and strike a utility pole. Both officers were killed instantly. Neither occupant of the pickup truck was injured. The driver of the vehicle was charged with DUI with other charges pending. The driver was found guilty of two counts of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two ten year sentences with all but six years suspended.

In 2003 after serving just 3 years and 2 months of his sentence, the driver of that vehicle was able to go home to his wife and kids, Sgt Platt and Officer McCarthy’s kids are still waiting to meet their dad’s, for them it will be a lifetime.

Sergeant Platt had been employed with the Baltimore City Police Department for 17 years and is survived by his wife, 3-year-old daughter, and 4-year-old son.

Officer McCarthy had been employed with the Baltimore City Police Department for 15 years and is survived by his 9-year-old daughter.

The Sun paper had a lot to say about the funeral of these two fine officers, as they reported the following:

The deaths of two police officers remind us not only of their vulnerability but our own. And when Mayor O'Malley offered his tender words of comfort, it took some of us back seven years, to another funeral, another slain policeman, and the randomness of life and death. This Officer’s name was Herman Jones. He was a 23-year veteran in a job in which every day is a roll of the dice. But the irony of his death, like Platt's and McCarthy's, was that it could have happened to anybody. Jones had gone to an East Baltimore carryout for an evening snack, where a teen-age kid who should have been home studying arithmetic pulled out a gun and shot him. And on a summer morning at the Little Ark Missionary Baptist Church, they laid Herman Jones' body in an open casket for everyone to see, Herman Jones' wife Linda and his children were nearby, as a choir sang so hauntingly that it tore everybody in the place up with tears.

Take my hand,

Precious Lord,

Lead me home.

And the Mayor of Baltimore was there that day. They saved a front- row seat for Kurt L. Schmoke directly in front of Herman Jones' casket, and the Mayor looked at poor Jones, and he heard the choir chanting its refrain, and you knew that something special was coming from Schmoke. The Mayor was so much like Jones. They were kids who'd grown up in post-war America, each a product of the great civil rights movement, each a graduate of Baltimore City College, each a football player for the legendary coach, George Young. This one would come from Schmoke's heart.

But nothing came
By the time the mayor reached the pulpit, he'd had time to think about the killing in his city, and he'd had time to absorb the emotional singing, and all of the church's mourners with their grief coming out of their pores, and there was nothing he could summon.

He muttered a few platitudes about the awfulness of killing and the need for some national sense of urgency, and in a few moments, he was done. Whatever passion he felt, he kept it to himself, and there were people who walked out of the Little Ark Missionary Baptist Church that morning feeling they had been cheated, the truth is Officer Joes was cheated, Platt's and McCarthy were the ones cheated, they gave their lives and the rules never change.

Last week, the new Mayor of Baltimore spoke quite beautifully. He calls the funerals of police officers the toughest part of his job. But the job is still new for Martin O'Malley. It has been his for less than a year. By the time of Herman Jones' funeral, Kurt L. Schmoke was five years into the job, and maybe 1,500 killings into it, and some of those killed were police officers of his city.

As their brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department, we will not let them be forgotten. Their service Honored the City of Baltimore, and the Baltimore Police Department may they rest in peace, and may God always bless them.

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End of Watch 14 October, 2000
City, St. A Hamilton Intersection.
Panel Number 60-W: 22
Cause of Death Auto Accident
District Worked Northeastern
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Friday, 01 November 2019 13:13

Detective John S. Pontier

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Detective John S. Pontier

 

Death Of Detective Pontier

3 July 1899

The Well-Known Officer A Victim Of Blood Poisoning

Detective John S. Pontier, one of the best-known members of the police force, died at 11:25 o’clock last night at his home, 1426 North Bond St. Death was attributed to blood poisoning, caused by injudicious cutting of a corn in early May 1899. His system at the time had been weakened by overexertion during the three weeks previous to the election in which his work schedule left him little time to recuperate from the surgery. For several days before his death, it was challenging for him to take on necessary nourishment. He was attended to by Dr. Martin F. J. Cameron, 425 N. Broadway.

Detective Pontier was born in Baltimore June 4, 1826. After receiving a rudimentary education in the public schools and at St. Patrick’s and St. Vincent’s parochial schools, he learned that the carpenter’s trade. Later in his life, he became a clerk for the firm of Pontier and Haslett, Fruit Dealers. N. Howard St., of which his brother was a senior member. He remained there for a few years until he was Appointed to a position in the Sheriff’s Office by Sheriff Creamer, that position he held until 1862. Five years later he was Appointed to the Detective Squad.

As he was well acquainted with the Officers of the Adam’s and other express companies, he was assigned to any case in which these corporations were interested. One of his early pieces of work was the investigation of the robbery by express messenger number II. Clay Potts, who stole $60,000 in money and papers from the Southern Express Company in 1867. Potts was arrested by a fellow employee and taken to mobile Alabama by Detective Pontier.

On 11 August 1867 Detective Pontier was sent to capture John Dixon, a young man who had killed his sweetheart, a respectable young lady, employed by judge Campbell, on W. Franklin St., near Park Avenue. He found the murderer asleep in the house on Rock Street. Dixon was sentenced to 18 years in the City Penitentiary. Detective Pontier also arrested Hollohan and Nicholson, the murderers of Mrs. John Lampley, the night of to January 1873. He was in the company of Marshal Frey when they arrested John Thomas, who attempted to rob Mrs. Cariotta Sarraco, the wife of an Italian music teacher, on the night of 24 April 1871, and meeting opposition from her part slashed her horribly with a razor. Thomas was sentenced to 21 years in the City’s Penitentiary. During his trial Mrs. Sarraco fell from the stone steps of the courthouse, fracturing her skull and causing her death.

In the summer of 1876, Detective Pontier arrested a man for whom all the police in the world had been on the lookout for, for months. This was Louis Diebel, who, while Mayor of the little city of Kadowitz, in Polish Prussia, disappeared with $15,000 of the funds entrusted to his care. The German police offered a $1000 reward for his arrest and distributed flyers all over the world with Louis Diebel’s portrait and description written in all languages. One of the Flyers fell into the hands of Detective Pontier, and he made inquiries among Germans in the city. It happened that one of his German friends did know of a man who answered to the description of Louis Diebel, and after hunting him down Detective Pontier found it to be Mr. Diebel, who was living in a small hotel room opposite Camden Station. He was arrested, and nearly $13,000 was recovered from his person. He was then extradited back to Germany, and Detective Pontier was awarded the $1000 reward that had been offered for the location and arrest of Louis Diebel.

In checking Sun paper news articles, it seems not much time passed without articles covering the cases involving Detective Pontier. In particular, he was kept busy during the Baltimore Elections; Election time in Baltimore during those days was quite hectic literally working Detective Pontier to death. Had he not been overworked to the point of excursion, he may not have died at such a young age.  In fact looking back even being as sick as he was dealing with blood poisoning caused in May of 1889 he was in the Papers on more than a dozen times over the previous year and a half, and they certainly didn’t cover every case he handled, he worked closely with Marshal Frey and Capt. Pumphrey While he should have slowed down and taken some rest to recuperate from the surgery he had on his foot, he did not, causing himself to weaken and eventually running his immune system down to where he wouldn’t recover, leading to his death.  I know this is not listed as a Line of Duty Death. But one could argue that the Corn on his foot came from being on his feet all day working cases as a Detective. Then his not stopping to heal brought on the blood poisoning, and further the lack of rest weakened his immune system further exasperating his illness causing his death.

Detective Pontier leaves a widow and two sons, Edward L. And John E. Pontier

While the City and the Department may never list this as a line of duty death, it does not mean as his brothers and sisters we cannot take a minute to remember him, his dedication to duty, and his putting the City and Department ahead of his health. May he rest in peace knowing we care, and that we thank him for his service and sacrifice.

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End of Watch 3 July 1899
City, St. 1426 North Bond St
Panel Number N/A
Cause of Death Surgery
District Worked Detective Department
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Friday, 01 November 2019 13:11

Officer Thomas Portz Jr

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Officer Thomas Portz Jr

 

Officer Thomas Portz Jr

 T Portz

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On this day in Baltimore Police History 2010 we lost our Brother Police Officer Thomas Portz Jr to an auto accident based on the following: 

Police Officer Tommy Portz was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car struck the back of a stopped firetruck on a highway. The firetruck had responded to reports of an injured person lying in the highway median strip and had stopped in the left lane to investigate.

Officer Portz's patrol car collided with the back of the stopped truck at a high rate of speed, causing fatal injuries.

Officer Portz had served with the Baltimore Police Department for nearly 10 years. He is survived by his wife and three children.

As his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department we will not let him be forgotten, His service Honored the City of Baltimore, and the Baltimore Police Department may he rest in peace, and may God bless him.

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Officer who died in crash distracted by film crew, report says - Cruiser slammed into back of fire engine in West Baltimore

Police Officer Thomas "Tommy" Portz Jr. was one…

January 25, 2011|By Peter Hermann, The Baltimore Sun

A Baltimore police officer who was killed in October when his cruiser slammed into the back of a fire engine was speeding at 71 mph and most likely was distracted by a film crew on the opposite side of a highway, the final investigative report concludes.

Officer Thomas Portz Jr., 32, did not suffer a medical problem, and officials found no mechanical defects in the police car, a 2009 Chevrolet Impala. The report says Portz, a 10-year veteran assigned to the Western District, was not wearing his seatbelt.

The report, obtained by The Baltimore Sun under the Public Information Act, concludes that the only likely cause of the crash was that Portz "had his attention diverted to the westbound side" of U.S. 40 "where a film crew was filming a movie."

The Oct. 20 accident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. on the highway that connects downtown to West Baltimore, allowing cars to bypass residential streets. The highway is being dismantled; at the time of the crash, the eastbound lanes were open and the westbound lanes were closed. All lanes are now closed.

A crew filming the final scene for an independent comedy called "The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best" was using the westbound lanes. The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts had issued the crew the necessary permits, and off-duty city officers were helping with security.

Just before the accident, the city Fire Department received a call for a sick person in the area. Firefighters on Engine 8 were stopped in the eastbound lane of U.S. 40, near the Stricker Street footbridge, looking for the source of the call.

Portz was driving east on U.S. 40, and the report concludes that he was probably looking at the film crew and didn't see the stopped fire engine. Police identified the firefighter driving the engine only as a 41-year-old male.

The report says Portz, who was not responding to an emergency call at the time, had been speeding at 71 mph — the speed limit is 50 mph on that portion of roadway — but slammed on his brakes 2.5 seconds before impact. Detective Patty A. Baur, a traffic collision reconstruction expert with the police crash team, said in the report that the police car was traveling 62 mph a split-second before impact.

Police cars are equipped with event data recorders — similar to the "black box" on airplanes — which keep track of speed, braking and other attributes. There were no skid marks at the scene.

Authorities said they have not located the source of the original "sick person" call to the Fire Department. Police said on Tuesday that the call did not originate with members of the film crew, who witnessed the accident and filmed part of its aftermath.

Portz lived in Pennsylvania and is survived by a wife and three children. He was the third active-duty Baltimore police officer killed within one month.

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End of Watch 20 October, 2010
City, St. Baltimore, Md
Panel Number 51-E: 27
Cause of Death Auto Accident
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Friday, 01 November 2019 13:08

Patrolman Claude J. Profili

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Patrolman Claude J. Profili

 

Police Officer Claude J. Profili

Officer Profili responded to a hold-up alarm at the Maryland National Bank at 520 Franklintown. Upon his arrival he walked up to the bank where he saw two suspects robbing the bank. He withdrew his weapon and began to give orders to them. A third suspect he did not see, shot him in the head with a .45 caliber pistol. Officer Profili was married and the father of two children. The suspects were apprehended. Officer Profili served in the U.S. Navy from March 20, 1946 to January 15, 1948.

On this day in Baltimore Police History 1964 we lost our brother Police Officer Claude J. Profili to gunfire based on the following -

January 23 1964 a Chevy Sedan was stolen from the Bowie Race track, that car along with a stolen license plate from a different time, and location would be used in a robbery that would change the lives of many. Henry Haggard the attended at a service station at the corner a few doors down from the bank said the day before the robbery and shortly before the time of the robbery a man push a 1953 Studebaker, gray two-door sedan with Maryland tags (turned upside down) on to his lot. The attendant at the time, 23-year-old Haggard said the man he saw would be described as being between 24 and 26, he was a white male, dressed nice, wearing a coat and tie with a tan top coat. He was said to have stopped the car near the station, and then pushed it the last few feet up onto the lot. Haggard said the guy walked down the street toward the bank, peering over toward the bank when for no reason, he came running back, jumped in the car turned it over with no issues and peeled wheels off the lot and up the street west on Franklin Street. Haggard went on to say, the man told him it was not his car, but one which a dealer had loaned him for a test drive.

The following day, four men would rob the Maryland National Bank branch and Franklin Town Road and Franklin Street. As they entered the bank, three of the men, armed with an automatic pistol, a revolver and a rifle insisted the tellers all face away from them, and look at the wall behind them. Likewise all customers were forced to face the wall opposite the wall the tellers would be facing. One of the bandits would stand at the door, and as new customers came in they would be put against the wall, and robbed of their property and monies. A customer, Ms. Grace Mullingar, 25 of the 3600 block of Greenvale Road said, a teller put bundles of money into a brown paper shopping bag and gave it to the suspects.

Shortly after the robbery began a call went out for a 10-31 robbery; Patrolman Claude J. Profili heard a radio call at 1:37pm for another two man car to go to the bank. This bank was known for false alarms. Patrolman Profili was in the area, driving through. He pulled up to the bank, got out and entered. According to witnesses, and assistant cashier, Mr. Walter Haney saw the policeman and to the bank and nodded his head at the robber. With this Patrolman Profili was shot in the forehead by the robbery suspect receiving the nod.

With that nod Officer Profili was killed in the line of duty, the suspect turned and fired a shot that would land Officer Profili in the hospital with a bullet lodged against his brain. That bullet would take it’s time, but on 6 Feb 1964, it killed our brother for nothing more than responding to a call of a bank alarm at a bank that had been known for numerous false hold-up alarms in the past.

Mr. Haney was never formally accused of being in on the robbery, and we’ve all experienced victims getting a little stupid when we arrive. It could be they feel safe, the police are there, or it could be a warning the suspect. In either case, on 29 January 1964 that Bank Teller’s ignorance cost a good man, and good police his life. When Officer Profili approached the bank, which had two sets of double doors in the front, he had his pistol drawn. Upon entering the first set of doors, the suspect opened the second set of doors and fired a single shot. That shot would strike Officer Profili in the forehead above his left eye. Officer Profili fell backward and down the steps out to the street. The four suspects fled the scene with $23,466. One was apprehended within 48 hours. As is always the case, he gave information on the others, they were apprehended several days later by FBI agents. One was captured in Las Vegas, Nevada, another in Ozark, Arkansas, and the third in Denver, Colorado.

Officer Profili would be rushed to the Lutheran Hospital where he died eight days later from that shot.

They were able to trace the license plate on the auto to Vincent Lee Sirbert, 32 a Maryland born man to his residence in Virginia. He quickly became wanted in connection with warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution from Virginia on a grand larceny charge.

Patrolman Claude J Profili is survived by his wife the former Clara Lejsiak, his mother Mrs. Alain Digenio two children Cynthia, and Claude Profili Junior, along with three brothers John B, Bernard, the Louis G Profili. Burial was held at the Holy Redeemer Cemetery.

Three of the suspects were convicted in Officer Profili's murder and sentenced to life on July 2, 1964. Officer Profili had been with the agency for 12 years at the time of his death.

As we take this time to remember our brother, and thank him for his service and sacrifice.  We his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department will not let him be forgotten. God Bless and rest in Peace.

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End of Watch 6 February, 1964
City, St. 520 Franklintown
Panel Number 1-W: 17
Cause of Death Gunfire
District Worked Western
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