Lonnie Lewis Freeman. Lonnie served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Deputy Sheriff Lonnie Freeman was assaulted and strangulated by juvenile inmates at the Richmond City Jail.
The inmates attacked him during an escape attempt, tied him up and stuffed a cloth into his mouth. The cloth prevented him from breathing and he suffocated. The escape attempt was thwarted when another sheriff's deputy saw the juveniles outside of their cellblock and sounded an alarm.
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In tribute
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Freeman served with the Richmond Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Richmond community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Freeman.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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