Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Robbie Green was killed in an automobile accident on Red Lane Road while responding to backup deputies and state troopers in a vehicle pursuit.
The pursuit started when a driver attempted to avoid a DUI checkpoint by making a U-turn to leave the area. Deputy Green's patrol car ran off the road and struck several trees as he responded to intercept the pursuit at 10:52 p.m.
The driver of the vehicle was eventually apprehended in Goochland County. The man was charged with homicide, eluding police, DUI, driving on a suspended license, resisting arrest, and assaulting a police officer. In May 2007, the suspect pleaded guilty to eluding police. A judge dismissed second-degree murder charges during a two-day trial.
Deputy Green was a member of the Virginia National Guard and had served with the Powhatan County Sheriff's Office for 7 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and 3-year-old son.
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Green gave the Powhatan County Sheriff's Office 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Powhatan community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Robert Earl Green served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Earl Green is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In VA, 203 of 654 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31% of this state's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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