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Trooper Larry Verne Crabtree | Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma

Trooper

Larry Verne Crabtree

Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma

End of Watch: Monday, April 4, 1977

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 43

Tour: 13 years

Badge # 294

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 4/4/1977

Weapon: Shotgun

Suspect: Denied parole in 2005

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Trooper Larry Crabtree was shot and killed after stopping a car for running a tollgate on the Turner Turnpike. While approaching the vehicle the juvenile driver turned in the seat and shot Trooper Crabtree at point blank range with a shotgun. Witnesses notified other troopers via CB and the suspect was apprehended approximately 14 miles away.

The suspect was convicted and sentenced to death but the sentence was later reduced to life in prison. He was denied parole in February 2005.

Trooper Crabtree had been with the agency for 13 years.

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I have the great pleasure of knowing your family. Beverly, Mike, Ronnie and Tony, what a great family inside and out.

Larry was a great role model for the young people around him. He was an awesome father, a good husband and most importantly a genuine "nice man". Some officers intimidate those around them because of the uniform or the gun etc., but Larry always got down to your level.

One of the sad things about Larry's death, the guy he pulled over and was later convicted of killing him, didn't have to shoot him. Larry was the type of guy who would normally just "let you go" with a warning. Unless, of course, you were doing something grievace.

Beverly has gone on to be with the Lord and Larry, but your boys leave you with a legacy you would be proud of. Thanks to all the men and women who serve our towns, communities, and states and are willing, if need be, to lay down your life.

Darla Hobbs-Beverlin
Friend of the family
May 16, 2012

 

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