FALLEN DEPUTY MEMORIAL PAGE

A Tribute To Those Deputies and Members of Personnel Who Have Made The Ultimate Sacrifice For Their Community

                       

Juvenile Detention Officer Leonard Sanford Wall

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas

End of Watch: Sunday, January 31, 2010 

Age: 58

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Assault

Date of Incident: January 30, 2010

Weapon Used: Person

Suspect Info: Charged with capital murder

Juvenile Detention Officer Leonard Wall succumbed to injuries sustained when he was severely beaten by three juvenile inmates at the Jack Jones Juvenile Justice Center.

Officer Wall was conducting bed checks when the three inmates attacked him and took his keys. When another officer came to check on Officer Wall, the inmates attacked him too, inflicting non-life threatening injuries.

The three detainees escaped from the facility and stole a car from a nearby gas station. Two of the suspects were apprehended the following day and charged with capital murder. The third suspect was apprehended later and was also charged with capital murder.

 

 

Stephanie Freeman, Warrants Clerk

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas

End of Watch: January 18, 2007

Age: 31

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Motor vehicle accident

Date of Incident: January 17, 2007

On January 17, 2007, while driving home from work, Stephanie Freeman's vehicle collided with another vehicle near the intersection of Martha Mitchell Expressway/Market Street.  Freeman was rushed by ambulance to the Jefferson Regional Medical Center (JRMC), where on January 18, 2007 she passed as a result of the serious injuries she sustained during her accident.

Stephanie was employed with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for six (6) years, where she was the agencies time-pay/warrants clerk.

 

                           

Chief Deputy Lloyd “Pete” Harrison

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas

End of Watch: January 10, 2007

Age: 67

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Natural

Date of Passing: January 10, 2007

John Lloyd "Pete" Harrison, age 67 of Pine Bluff, Arkansas died Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at his home.  Mr. Harrison was born to the late John Andrew and Cora Luvenia Robinson-Harrison.  He was reared and received his early education in Sherrill, Arkansas, graduating from Altheimer High School. 

Chief Deputy Harrison worked for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for forty-one (41) years, serving as the agencies Chief Deputy from 1976 until his retirement on December 31, 2004. 

 

 

 

Criminal Investigator Kevin L. Brosch

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas

End of Watch: July 24, 1986

Age: 34

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Helicopter Crash in Mt. Ida, Arkansas

Date of Passing: July 24, 1986

Criminal Investigator Kevin L. Brosch, Trooper Charles Bassing of the Arkansas State Police, and Detective James Avant of the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department, were killed on July 24, 1986 in a helicopter crash in Mt. Ida, Arkansas.  He was 34 years of age at the time of his death. 

Criminal Investigator Brosh along with Trooper Bassing and Detective Avant were participating in a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Marijuana Eradication Spotter School, when the helicopter in which they were riding began experiencing mechanical problems and crashed shortly after taking off. The helicopter, which had just been refueled, burst into flames. All three officers were burned to death as a result.

Investigator Brosch had been employed with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for six years, and is survived by his wife, two young children, and parents.

 

 

Deputy Sheriff Lustachia Browder

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas

End of Watch: Sunday, September 15, 1957

Age: 67

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire

Date of Incident: September 15, 1957

Weapon Used: Officer's handgun

Suspect Info: Apprehended

Deputy Browder was killed after being stabbed and shot with his own service weapon. Deputy Browder and other deputies had raided a nightclub the previous night but one of the suspects had evaded capture. He was attempting to arrest that suspect but the man stabbed him in the chest during the arrest. The man then gained control of Deputy Browder's service weapon and shot him twice, killing him.

The suspect fled the scene but turned himself in later that day.

Deputy Browder had served with the agency for 30 years.

 

 

Deputy Sheriff Fortune Crowder

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas

End of Watch: Monday, October 5, 1953

Age: 39

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire

Date of Incident: October 5, 1953

Weapons Used: Shotgun

Suspect Info: Charges dropped

Deputy Crowder was shot and killed in an ambush while driving home from an investigation. It is believed that he was shot as the result of his relentless efforts to combat bootlegging in the county. A suspect was arrested but charges were later dropped due to a lack of evidence.

Deputy Crowder had served with the agency for 12 years. He was survived by his wife.