Arthur Fleece Crenshaw

Pasco County Sheriff's Office — New Port Richey, FL

Felonious

End of Watch October 4, 1922

Age 32

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Constable Arthur Crenshaw and Federal Prohibition Agent John Waters, of the United States Treasury Department, were shot and killed while investigating illegal stills in Pasco County, Florida. They were shot from ambush as they sat in their car. Six men, five of them brothers, were arrested and charged with both murders. All were tried, but none were convicted. One was shot and killed on February 24th, 1925, by officers raiding a liquor still near the site where Constable Crenshaw and Agent Waters were killed. Constable Crenshaw was survived by his wife, son, mother, and brother. He is buried in Trilby Cemetery, Trilby, Pasco County, Florida.

Survivors

Constable Crenshaw was survived by his wife, son, mother, and brother.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Crenshaw served with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the New Port Richey community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Crenshaw.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Pasco County Sheriff's Office

Location New Port Richey, FL

Platform Identity pcso.pasco.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 4, 1922

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Apprehended

Constable Arthur Fleece Crenshaw is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Pasco County Sheriff's Office, 4 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Pasco County Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

66.7% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious