Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Roy Sutton was killed in a single-car automobile accident on Dugan Hollow Road near Madison.
While responding to a domestic disturbance call involving weapons at about 10:35 pm, Deputy Sutton met an oncoming vehicle traveling westbound on a hilly, winding section of the road when his squad car ran off the right side of the road and down a very steep embankment. Deputy Sutton's squad became airborne and struck a tree on the driver's side of the car. He was wearing his seat belt, but he suffered severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputy Sutton had served with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department for approximately 1½ years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, brother, three sisters and mother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Deputy Sheriff Sutton gave the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Madison community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Sutton.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Roy Bruce Sutton, Jr. 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 IN, 151 of 503 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roy Bruce Sutton, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Roy Bruce Sutton, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Roy Bruce Sutton, Jr. is highlighted in Dec.
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