CLEVELAND V JACOBS

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 10-W: 15
Department: Seminole County, Florida, S.O.
End of Watch: September 14, 1922
Cause: SHOT
Age: 22
Years of Service:
Description: Deputy Jacobs was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man for stealing a pair of pants. Deputy Jacobs located the man at his home and went to the front door. As he stood at the front door the suspect opened fire with a shotgun, striking Deputy Jacobs in the chest. The suspect was arrested and convicted of the murder. He was sentenced to death and hanged.
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