J EDWARD HARRELSON

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 32-E: 12
Department: Polk County, Florida, S.O.
End of Watch: December 21, 1926
Cause: SHOT
Age: 34
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriff Harrelson was fatally shot by two armed robbery suspects that he had encountered shortly after the suspects had robbed a store. Both suspects were convicted of murder. One suspect was sentenced to life in prison. The second suspect was executed via the electric chair.
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