Crime & Safety
Falmouth Police Mourn Death of Sheriff's Deputy
Falmouth police are mourning a sheriff's deputy with local ties who was killed in a crash this weekend.
Photo: Mass State Police Sgt. John Kotfila (left) and his son, John, Jr. (Credit: Mass State Police)
FALMOUTH, MA — Falmouth police are mourning the death of a sheriff's deputy.
John Kotfila, Jr., 30, was killed Saturday morning in a crash in Tampa. Police said a wrong-way driver struck his cruiser on the Selmon Expressway. The wrong-way driver was also killed. Kotfila was a deputy with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department.
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His father is Mass. State Police Sgt. John Kotfila, assigned to the Bourne barracks. His brother, Michael, is a Falmouth police officer.
"Please join us in sending our thoughts and prayers to the Kotfila family, and to the men and women of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department," Falmouth police said in a statement.
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