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Trooper Theo Cobb February 5 , 1908 - June 24 , 1951 Badge #79 Joined in 1937 |
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Trooper Cobb and Trooper Charles Branch were investigating a minor collision on State Highway 76 north of Fox, Oklahoma. They observed a car approaching at a high rate of speed and Trooper Cobb stepped from behind a wrecker with his flashlight to slow it down. Trooper Cobb was struck by the left front fender and the driver did not stop. Trooper Branch broadcast an alarm and roadblocks were set up over a ten county area. A twenty year-old, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, soldier turned himself in to the Healdton City Marshal a few hours later and advised that he had been afraid to stop. He was charged with manslaughter. Also see: http://www.brightok.net/chickasaw/ardmore/county/cobb.html |
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