Middlesex Sheriff's Office Mourns the Loss of Correctional Officer

The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of Correction Officer Edward “Teddy” Dillon III, 27 of Lowell, who was a respected member of the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office since 2008, reads a Middlesex Sheriff's Office press statement.

Teddy worked the 12-8 a.m. shift at the Middlesex House of Correction in Billerica and his job included conducting routine perimeter checks of the facility and nearby Middlesex Sheriff’s Office property, reads the statement.

Dillon early Wednesday morning in Billerica.

In the statement, Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian said: “My thoughts and prayers, as well as those of the entire Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, go out to Officer Dillon’s family, friends and colleagues. We know the work of correction officers is difficult and dangerous, but that does nothing to ease the pain and shock when we lose one of our own. The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office will work to ensure that our officers and the Dillon family have the support they need as we grieve Teddy’s passing.”

The Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction section is conducting a review of this incident, reads the statement.