Roll of Honor
Incident
Constable Andrew Hedrick suffered a fatal heart attack in New Market, Maryland, shortly after arriving to transfer a horse thief into his custody.
The Borough of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding area had been subjected to a rash of horse thefts. On January 29, a horse was stolen in town and was witnessed by multiple people. Constable Hedrick formed a posse of residents to pursue the suspect. The suspect was captured in New Market, Maryland, by the law enforcement authorities.
When Constable Hedrick arrived in New Market with his posse, a crowd of at least 100 people formed in the town square, demanding the prisoner; they wanted to lynch the suspect to make an example of him to prevent more horse thefts. Constable Hedrick suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to convince the New Market authorities to release the prisoner.
The horse thief suspect pleaded guilty and turned over evidence implicating others, hoping to receive leniency, but was sentenced to ten years in prison
Constable Hedrick served with the Pennsylvania State Constable - York County for two years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Hedrick gave the Pennsylvania State Constable 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Hedrick.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Andrew Jackson Hedrick is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Andrew Jackson Hedrick's cause is highlighted.
How Andrew Jackson Hedrick Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Andrew Jackson Hedrick is highlighted in Jan.