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Reserve Deputy Timothy A. Ruggles | Placer County Sheriff's Office, California
Placer County Sheriff's Office, California

Reserve Deputy

Timothy A. Ruggles

Placer County Sheriff's Office, California

End of Watch: Sunday, February 9, 1986

Biographical Info

Age: 23
Tour of Duty: 11 months
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: February 9, 1986
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Reserve Deputy Timothy Ruggles was killed in a single-car automobile accident on Laird Road near White Lane in Loomis while he and his partner were responding to assist a fellow deputy in Granite Bay. Deputy Ruggles was the passenger in the car, which struck a tree.

Timothy was flown to the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento where he succumbed to his injuries approximately 90 minutes later.

He had served with the Placer County Sheriff's Office for 11 months. He was survived by his parents.