Thomas Alan Cone

Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office — Tarboro, NC

Felonious

End of Watch January 25, 1990

Age 32

Badge 808

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Cone was killed when his patrol car was hit head-on by a drunk driver on Highway 64 Alternate, one mile west of Tarboro.

Another officer ahead of him and a nurse behind him was also struck by the drunk driver. The other deputy was not injured. The nurse suffered severe facial cuts from a wheel on the truck that went through her windshield.

The 46-year-old man was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison on August 15th, 1990. He died in prison on July 26th, 1996.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Cone served with the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Tarboro community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Cone.

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

Agency

Department Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office

Location Tarboro, NC

Platform Identity ecso.edgecombe.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 25, 1990

Age 32

Badge Number 808

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Not available

Offender Died in prison

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Alan Cone 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 NC, 385 of 664 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office

of 4 officers

50% Felonious

NC — Statewide

385

of 664 officers

58% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious