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' • " ..... e-tr it r- . CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, April 14 - April 20, 2000.23 Historic ships topic of Rehoboth Historical Det. Keith Marvel photo Law enforcement officers from Troop 7 honored for outstanding contributions to the divi- sion are (1.r) Sgt. Bernard Miller, Cpl. Tony Mendez, Trooper Teryl Carlisle, Cpl. Troy Pezzuto and CpL Mark Hudson with Delaware State Police Superintendent Col. Gerald R. Pepper. Not shown is Cpl. Chuck Grote, who was unable to attend the April 6 ceremony. Troopers honored for meritorious work By Kerry Kester Delaware State Police honored troopers whose work in 1999 was exceptional, when the division hosted the 1 lth annual awards ceremony April 6. Several law enforcement •officers from Troop 7 and Troop 4 were among the 42 troopers and seven civilians to whom the division bestowed awards. Det. Bernard Miller earned an Exceptional Performance Award. Miller, formerly of Troop 7, now works at Troop 4. While on his way to work in October 1999, Miller was driving southbound on Route 1, when he noted an opera- tor of a vehicle in front of his was driving erratically and seemed to be focusing on something either in his lap or on the front seat. Miller continued to follow the driver and eventually pulled him over for suspected driving under the influence. The operator gave Miller consent to search the vehi- cle, in which Miller found 30 bags of heroin, hypodermic nee- dles and a small quantity of mari- juana. "He took a heroin dealer off the streets," said Capt. Peter Schwartzkopf, Troop 7 com- mander. Cpl. Tony Mendez also earned an Exceptional Performance Award. While responding to a • June 1999 receiving stolen prop- erty complaint, Mendez was alerted by some parents that they had found marijuana among their son's possessions. Mendez, who was serving as a field training of- ricer to a recent academy gradu- ate, used the opportunity to teach basic investigation skills to the recruit by beginning a full inves- tigation into the matter. The troopers searched the 17- year-old suspect's residence and found drug paraphernalia and marijuana "Cpl. Mendez did this to protect other kids who were be- ing supplied marijuana by the older juvenile," said Schwartzkopf. The commander noted Mendez's work also pro- vided exceptional training for the new recruit. 'q'hat investigation had an important impact on the " kids of Oak Orchard," said Schwartzkopf. "It exemplifies how a trooper can greatly affect the lives of youths." Cpl. Chuck Groce and Trooper Teryl Carlisle earned the Valor Award for a case they worked to- gether. The troopers were sent to a domestic complaint in October 1999, but whe n they arrived at the residence found the suspect had fled. They then obtained war- rants, and the reporting person • called later to tell them the sus- pect had returned to the home and was threatening suicide. When Grote and Carlisle ar- rived, they discovered the suspect had locked himself in the resi- dence and was brandishing a ra- zor knife. The troopers gained entry to the home; Groce found the suspect exiting a bathroom in the single-wide trailer. The sus- pect was holding the knife against his neck, and because of the nar- row confines of the trailer, troop- ers codd not risk forcing a con- frontation with the man. Groce attempted but failed to talk the suspect into dropping the knife. When Carlisle realized the suspect was becoming more agi- tated and was not going to drop the weapon, Carlisle maneuvered himself to the right of Groce, just as the suspect started to cut his own throat, which immediately started a blood flow. Because of their strategic posi- tioning, the troopers were able to immediately knock the knife from the suspect and take him into cus- tody. The suspect was later trans- ported to a hospital, where he was treated for his mental illness. Cpl. Troy Pezzuto was honored with the Lifesaving Award. While on patrol New Year's Eve, Pezzu- to found a man who was face down on a street. He was bleed- ing from the back of his head, was not breathing and had no pulse. Pezzuto initiated cardiopul- monary resuscitation (CPR), which revived the man, and the trooper continued to monitor his breathing until paramedics ar- rived and transported the patient to Atlantic General Hospital. The man had suffered a heart attack. Cpl. Mark Hudson also earned the Lifesaving Award. While pa- trolling the Angola By The Bay area in August 1999, he respond- ed to a cardiac arrest complaint, where he found a 57-year-old man not breathing and without a pulse. He calmed frightened family members and immediately initiat- ed CPR, which established the man's pulse. Several times before para- medics arrived, Hudson hail to reinitiate CPR. "The man's sur- vival is due directly to the quick Continued on page 24 %i 27 Sandalwood Drive Spaus contemporary home is nearly new and is situated close to the lower Delaware beach ¢eas. House has a rnaster bedroom suite on first IIoor, t additional guest bed- rooms, large contempormy living, room, open kitche6, formal dining room, cozy den with great light large screel room at rear, wood-burning fireplace, butlers pcmtry & gngle c attached garage - all on a large wooded lot for orgy, $232,500 O'CONOR PWER &FLYNN A == mum ER Call Austin Clayton 302-226-4155, DIRECT 1-877-REHO-BCH TOLL FREE 4421 It/. 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