Connecticut State Police, Connecticut
End of Watch: Saturday, June 1, 1929
Age: 25
Tour of Duty: 1 month
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Date of Incident: June 1, 1929
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Trooper Stanley Hellberg was killed in a motorcycle crash while attending the recruit training at the Ridgefield State Police Barracks.
His police motorcycle left the roadway and struck a stone wall while he was driving on the Norwalk-Danbury Road (modern day Route 7) near Ridgeville.
Trooper Hellberg was a U.S. Army veteran and had only served with the Connecticut State Police for two months. He was survived by his parents.