Bio & Incident Details
Age: 71
Tour: 25 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Heart attack
Incident Date: 2/25/1978
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Sheriff Ten Eyck suffered a fatal heart attack immediately after dealing with an unruly prisoner who had been complaining about being arrested and handcuffed. After refusing to cut the prisoner any slack Sheriff Ten Eyck began to walk out of the room and collapsed.
Sheriff Ten Eyck had served as sheriff for 25 years.



