Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line Duty
in the Jurisdictions of
Caroline County, Fredericksburg, King George County,
Spotsylvania County, and Stafford County
Caroline County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Thomas Griffin Thorton
EOW – 06/12/1830
Cause – Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Strother W. “Ted” Lewis, Sr.
EOW – 03/01/1947
Cause – Gunfire
Fredericksburg City Police Department
Officer Ellsworth Alexander Moore
EOW – 05/31/1925
Cause - Motorcycle Accident
Officer William Franklin Mines*
EOW– 05/05/1964
Cause – Gunfire
Officer Roy Glen Wright*
EOW – 05/05/1964
Cause – Gunfire
Police Officer Todd Allen Bahr
EOW – 06/06/2008
Cause – Gunfire
King George Sheriff’s Office
Deputy Sheriff Craig Lamont Brooks
EOW – 05/15/1998
Cause – Automobile Accident
Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office
Detective Richard Lee Samuels*
EOW – 09/22/1988
Cause – Heart Attack
Deputy Sheriff Dean Ridings
EOW – 06/19/2010
Cause – Boating Accident
Deputy Sheriff Bryan Marshall Berger
EOW – 04/28/2014
Cause – Heart Attack
Stafford County Sheriff’s Office
Deputy Sheriff Ford Tyson Humphrey*
EOW – 10/09/1980
Cause – Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Jason Edward Mooney
EOW – 10/19/2007
Cause – Automobile Accident
Virginia State Police
Trooper Rannie DeWitt Kennedy
EOW – 11/05/1973
Cause – Automobile Accident – Spotsylvania
Investigator Claude Everett Seymour
EOW – 04/25/1975
Cause – Automobile Accident – Spotsylvania
Trooper Robert Tinsley Lohr
EOW – 07/22/1978
Cause – Struck by Car – Caroline
Trooper Robin Lee Farmer
EOW – 09/03/1981
Cause – Automobile Accident – Caroline
Trooper II Jessica Jean Cheney
EOW – 01/17/1998
Cause – Struck by Car - Stafford
Trooper Mark David Barrett
EOW – 09/14/2010
Cause -- Dive Training Accident – Spotsylvania
Trooper Adam Maynard Bowen
EOW – 06/24/2011
Cause– Automobile Accident – King George
*= Lodge 15 Member
Page updated 11/13/2023
