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Incident
Policeman Charles Stockberger was shot and killed during a wild gun battle with three robbers who took a $6,720 payroll from the Allied Kid Company’s Quaker City Division near 5th and Huntingdon streets. Policeman Stockberger was shot as he tried to stop the robbers, who made their escape along with their driver. The four suspects were identified as members of the infamous Tri-state gang responsible for several murders and robberies in the northeast. On November 1, 1933, two of the suspects were found lying beside a road near Camden, New Jersey. Both had been shot. One was dead and the other survived to identify Anthony Cugino as one of the four and the one who shot them to avoid betrayal. On July 22, 1934, Cugino stabbed to death the third suspect in Chicago, Illinois. A month later the FBI declared Cugino public enemy number 1. On September 9, 1935, Cugino was captured in New York City and confessed that he killed Policeman Stockberger. That night he hanged himself in the city jail. The suspect who survived the shooting was convicted of Policeman Stockberger's murder and sentenced to death. His sentence was later commuted to life and he was paroled in December of 1955. A year later he was arrested in Philadelphia after he robbed a used car dealer. Anthony Cugino was the primary suspect in the murder of Policeman James Garvey of the New York City Police Department on April 21, 1934. Officials also suspected him as being the one who concealed two pistols inside a baked turkey that was sent to two prisoners in the Richmond, Virginia, city jail. The two, who had been sentenced to death for murder, shot and killed Patrolman William A. Toot, of the Richmond Police Department, on September 30, 1934, during an attempt to escape. Both were members of Cugino's gang Policeman Stockberger had served with the agency for 22 years.
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22 years. You could have gone home.
Policeman Stockberger gave the Philadelphia Police Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Stockberger.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Policeman Charles Henry Stockberger is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 47.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Philadelphia Police Department, 162 of 378 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles Henry Stockberger's cause is highlighted.
How Charles Henry Stockberger Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Charles Henry Stockberger is highlighted in Jul.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Charles Henry Stockberger was killed by gun.
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