Williams County Sheriff's Office, North Dakota
End of Watch: Saturday, February 11, 1989
Age: 36
Tour of Duty: 4 years, 6 months
Badge Number: 4796
Cause of Death: Drowned
Date of Incident: February 11, 1989
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Sheriff Timothy Wells drowned in the Missouri River near Ft. Peck, Montana, during a training dive which involved filming sturgeon and paddlefish.
He was diving with six other rescue divers but failed to surface. The other divers immediately began to search for him but were unable to locate him.
Deputy Wells was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Williams County Sheriff's Department for 4-1/2 years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.