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Constable Arthur Fleece Crenshaw | Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Florida
Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Florida

Constable

Arthur Fleece Crenshaw

Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Florida

End of Watch: Wednesday, October 4, 1922

Biographical Info

Age: 32
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: October 4, 1922
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Apprehended

Constable Arthur Crenshaw and Federal Prohibition Agent John Waters, of the United States Treasury Department, were shot and killed while investigating illegal stills in Pasco County, Florida. They were shot from ambush as they sat in their car.

Six men, five of them brothers, were arrested and charged with both murders. All were tried, but none were convicted. One was shot and killed on February 24th, 1925, by officers raiding a liquor still near the site where Constable Crenshaw and Agent Waters were killed.

Constable Crenshaw was survived by his wife, son, mother, and brother.

He is buried in Trilby Cemetery, Trilby, Pasco County, Florida.