Patrolman Dennis Jerome Roberts

Patrolman Dennis Jerome Roberts | Newport News Police Department, Virginia
Newport News Police Department, Virginia
Patrolman Dennis Jerome Roberts

Newport News Police Department, Virginia

End of Watch Friday, March 20, 1981

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Dennis Jerome Roberts

Patrolman Roberts was shot and killed while moonlighting as a security guard at a local mall. While he attempted to arrest a shoplifter he was shot and killed. The suspect was shot and killed by other officers in the same store almost one year later during a shootout that left an officer seriously wounded.

Patrolman Roberts was a U.S Army veteran of the Vietnam War.

Bio

  • Age 32
  • Tour 10 years, 8 months
  • Badge Not available
  • Military Veteran

Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Weapon Gun; Unknown type
  • Offender Shot and killed
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I remember you when I joined the Newport News Police Department. I rode with you a couple of times. We both were medics in Vietnam and neither of us shared much of that time because noone understood what we had faced serving as medics during war. A war that America hated and took it out on the soldiers returning home. We would sometimes talk because we understood what we both faced during that time. Thank you for your service during Vietnam, Doc and for serving us so well on the NNPD, you are solely missed.

Former Detective Kerry Pardue
Newport News Police Department

March 20, 2019

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