Roll of Honor
Michael Bonner
Incident
Juvenile Detention Officer Michael Bonner died a day after being involved in an automobile accident while transporting a prisoner to another county at 4:22 am on Route 31 in Washinton Township. During the transport, the transport vehicle was involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer. Juvenile Detention Officer Carl Abdul-Malik was killed in the accident. Officer Bonner was transported to Lehigh Valley Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. Officer Bonner had served with the Burlington County Juvenile Detention Center for 1 1/2 years.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Detention Officer Bonner gave the Burlington County Juvenile Detention Center 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Mount Holly community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detention Officer Bonner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Detention Officer Michael Bonner 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Burlington County Juvenile Detention Center, 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. Michael Bonner's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Bonner Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Bonner is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
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