Britney Rachelle Meux
Incident
Corrections Officer Britney Meux was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at the intersection of 93rd Avenue and Main Street in Crown Point at approximately 7:00 pm.
She and three other corrections officers were jogging along the outer perimeter of the Lake County Jail when a vehicle struck all four officers. Officer Meux was killed instantly. The other three officers were transported to hospitals.
The driver of the vehicle that struck the officers turned himself in the following day. He was subsequently charged with one count of failing to stop for an accident resulting in death and three counts of failing to stop for an accident resulting in injuries. He was was convicted of all 13 charges on December 11, 2013 and was remanded until sentencing on February 7, 2014. Suspect received 12 years to be served in the Indiana Department of Corrections.
Officer Meux was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Lake County Sheriff's Department for three years.
The driver of the vehicle that struck the officers turned himself in the following day. He was subsequently charged with one count of failing to stop for an accident resulting in death and three counts of failing to stop for an accident resulting in injuries. He was was convicted of all 13 charges on December 11, 2013 and was remanded until sentencing on February 7, 2014. Suspect received 12 years to be served in the Indiana Department of Corrections.
Survivors
She is survived by her daughter, mother, father, and four sisters.
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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.
Corrections Officer Meux gave the Lake County Sheriff's Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Crown Point community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Military Service
Britney Rachelle Meux served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Corrections Officer Britney Rachelle Meux 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 IN, 311 of 503 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.8% of this state's fallen. That is 7.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Lake County Sheriff's Dept., 3 of 7 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. Britney Rachelle Meux's cause is highlighted.
How Britney Rachelle Meux Compares
Offender Outcome
Convicted and sentenced to 12 years in p
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Britney Rachelle Meux is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Britney Rachelle Meux was killed by automobile.
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