JOHN E LAUGHERY
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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 24-W: 19
Department: Jersey City, New Jersey, P.D.
End of Watch: November 24, 1992
Cause: PHYS
Age: 41
Years of Service: 17
Description: Sergeant Laughery contracted the AIDS virus during a search of a suspect's car for drugs in November 1983. Sergeant Laughery's hand was punctured by a hypodermic needle under one of the seats. Sergeant Laughery died of AIDS nine years later.
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