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May 15, 2021 at 8:00 AM
ROXBURY, NJ A Roxbury police chief who was killed in a 1929 motorcycle accident is among the law enforcement officers honored this week for losing their lives in the line of duty.
On the rainy night of April 11, 1929, former Roxbury Police Chief Fred Plumstead died while riding his town-issued 1927 Harley-Davidson police cycle home from a court appearance in Newark, according to his obituary.
Plumstead, a 29-year-old Kenvil resident and father of five young daughters, couldn’t stop in time to avoid a truck stopped on a road in Mine Hill while its operator worked on its lights, said the obituary.
Fallen Dover police officers honored with memorial plaque
DOVER In the history of the town, two officers died in the line of duty. On Wednesday the law enforcement community gathered to honor and remember them.
A memorial plaque with the names of Officer Thomas Emery DeShazo, who died in 1930, and Arthur J. Ohlsen III, who died in 2003, was unveiled in front of the officers families, local residents and elected officials. It was important for us to have this, Deputy Chief Jonathan Delaney said. We wanted to do something special for the families so we asked the town if they would mount the plaque.