Law Enforcement Gather In Newtown Twp. To Honor The Fallen

Sheriff’s deputies, Pennsylvania State Police Troopers and local police officers from across Bucks County gathered in Newtown Township Monday to remember local law enforcement officials who died in the line of duty.

The evening ceremony lasted about an hour and took place at St. Andrew Catholic Church on Swamp Road.

Falls Township Chief of Police William Wilcox spoke at the ceremony in place of Newtown Township Chief Rick Pasqualini, who was under the weather.

Family members of the fallen officers clasped yellow roses during the ceremony which featured a trooper playing of TAPS.

• Middletown Township Detective Christopher Jones, Jan. 29, 2009, struck by car
• Newtown Borough Officer Brian S. Gregg, Sept. 29, 2005, shot by a suspect
• Plumstead Township Officer Joseph E. Hanusey III, May 18, 2002, vehicle accident
• County Park Ranger Stanley E. Flynn, June 9, 1993, medical condition
• Deputy Sheriff Thomas A. Bateman, Sept. 22, 1986, vehicle accident
• Deputy Sheriff George M. Warta Jr., Sept. 22, 1986, vehicle accident
• Bensalem Township Officer Robert A. Yezzi, Aug. 12, 1980, struck by a car
• Bensalem Township Officer James K. Armstrong, April 15, 1975, shot by a suspect
• Bristol Township Sgt. George M. Stuckey, March 29, 1972, shot by suspect
• Dublin Borough Chief Eli M. Myers, Oct. 31, 1965, struck by a car
• Bucks County Sheriff Abraham L. Kulp, Feb. 24, 1927, shot by a suspect
• Constable Henry A. Kolbe, Sept. 22, 1914, shot while arresting a fugitive