Officer Killed in Line of Duty Remembered in Berlin

BERLIN, CT - More than 30 years after he was killed by a drunk driver, Berlin police officer Jeffrey Casner was remembered Wednesday at a yearly ceremony at his gravesite in Maple Cemetery, the Hartford Courant reported.

Casner was directing traffic at an accident site on Route 5 when he was struck and killed by a Meriden man, Alton Hepp, on Feb. 2, 1985. Casner was just 22 years old.

Hepp, who was charged with second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, was himself killed in a motorcycle crash in Litchfield later that year.

Police, firefighters, residents and family members attended Wednesday's memorial.

Read the full story at www.courant.com.

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