James Cucia

New Castle Police Department — New Castle, PA

Felonious

End of Watch May 2, 1918

Age 32

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Officer James Cucia was shot and killed while he was attempting to arrest four suspects who were posing as federal agents selling Liberty Bonds. The suspects were also in the process of robbing a local rooming house when the shooting took place. Officer Cucia was able to return fire killing one of the suspects.

The other three suspects caught a train to Youngstown, Ohio, where they shot it out with police who cornered them in an alley. One suspect was killed. The other two escaped.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrol Officer Cucia served with the New Castle Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the New Castle community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Cucia.

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

Agency

Department New Castle Police Department

Location New Castle, PA

Platform Identity ncpd.lawrence.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 2, 1918

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Patrol Officer James Cucia 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 PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.9 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At New Castle Police Department, 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.

New Castle Police Department

of 6 officers

66.7% Felonious

PA — Statewide

597

of 1,261 officers

47.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious