Roll of Honor
His Life
Sergeant Mikkos Newman died after contracting COVID-19 during a confirmed exposure when he responded to a call involving the discharging of a firearm into a dwelling at 1216 Raccoon Road on May 25th, 2020. He came in contact with several individuals at the scene.
Sergeant Newman had served with the Lee County Sheriff's Office for 16 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Mikkos Leonardo Newman died on June 8, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 38.
He is one of 884 officers honored here.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his four children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Newman gave the Lee County Sheriff's Office 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bishopville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Newman.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
His Life Details
Sergeant Mikkos Leonardo Newman is one of 3,037 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.3% of all 32,585 officers honored here.
In SC, 11 of 440 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.5% of this state's fallen. That is 6.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.3%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Mikkos Leonardo Newman's cause is highlighted.
How Mikkos Leonardo Newman Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Mikkos Leonardo Newman is highlighted in Jun.