SAMUEL LUCCHINO

Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 15-W: 31
Department: Pittston, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: July 21, 1920
Cause: SHOT
Age: 35
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Detective Lucchino was ambushed and fatally shot as he arrived home after completing his shift. His assailants had been hired to assassinate him due to his investigative efforts which led to a five year prison sentence. Both suspects were convicted of murder and sentenced to death via the electric chair.
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