Sheriff's Office To Honor Fallen Deputies at Heroes Plaza in Tampa

Fourteen men and one woman will be rememberd at this year's memorial service for fallen deputies, including Sgt. Ronald Harrision, a 27-year veteran, who died after he spearheaded an operation on State Road 60 to keep drunken drivers off the streets.

Also on the list is rookie Deputy David Abella, a Plant City High graduate and 26-year-old father of three, who died when his patrol car hit a curb and slammed into two utility poles on 50th Street north of Causeway Boulevard.

Abella was the first Hillsborough deputy in 17 years to die in the line of duty. His funeral services were at the First Baptist Church of Brandon.

Harrison taught DUI classes throughout the state. A family man nearing retirement, he was killed Aug. 17, 2007, shortly after he left the 7-Eleven on South Kings Avenue, not far from where a sign in his honor stands today, just west of the intersection of Kings Avenue and Lumsden Road.

Harrision was shot to death by a man with a reported 23 arrests on his record.

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Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Annual Fallen Heroes Memorial

• The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has posted bios of the fallen deputies being honored at the May 3 memorial at Heroes Plaza at Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park in Tampa, next to the Tampa Bay History Center.

• The memorial begins at 7:15 p.m. and the public is invited. 

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Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's List Of Fallen Deputies
(Source: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Links to news reports are included in some instances.)

The 1880's Richard Roach    1874 William Whitehurst 1893 The 1960's Ed Aulick 1932 Robert Suarez 1944 Ben Wilder Jr. 1962 Donald Williams 1967 James Strachinsky 1969 The 1970's Lee Hutchinson 1970 James Allen 1974 The 1980's Lemon Harvey 1981 Frederick Clark Sr.
1987 Donna Miller 1987 The 21st Century David Abella 2004 Ronald Harrison 2007 Mark Longway 2010