First responders who died of COVID-19 denied line of duty death recognition, Abraham Vegaâs wife fights for change
Widow fights to have COVID-19 death classified as in the line of duty By Camelia Juarez | April 15, 2021 at 10:06 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 10:34 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Abraham Vega was a lifelong West Texan who dedicated 30 years to corrections in Lynn County.
âSome of the people that he had arrested, some of the people who served in his jail, called them in tears, devastated that he had passed,â Rachel Vega said. âTo me that shows who he was as a sheriff, as a law enforcement agent.â
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COVID-19 killed them, but officers’ families say state is delaying their line of duty death benefits
After responding to a call and learning a suspect had COVID, officer Alex Durango tested positive. He and his 81-year-old mother died from the virus. Author: Tanya Eiserer Updated: 8:16 AM CST February 11, 2021
DALLAS Officer Alex Arango was affectionately known as the “Law Dog” around Everman. He patrolled the streets of the small Tarrant County community for 27 years.
“To him, it wasn t just a job, it was truly a calling,” Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer said.
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Everman, Tx., Police Officer Alex Arango
But the chief said an invisible killer claimed Arango’s life in the line of duty.
Lawmakers in Austin are considering a legislative fix, but families say they need help now. Author: Tanya Eiserer Updated: 8:16 AM CST February 11, 2021
DALLAS Officer Alex Arango was affectionately known as the “Law Dog” around Everman. He patrolled the streets of the small Tarrant County community for 27 years.
“To him, it wasn t just a job, it was truly a calling,” Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer said.
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Everman, Tx., Police Officer Alex Arango
But the chief said an invisible killer claimed Arango’s life in the line of duty.
This past October, Arango responded to a domestic disturbance at a home in Everman. When he arrived, he heard yelling and screaming and found a man assaulting a woman. Arango scuffled with the man, only to then learn that he had COVID-19.
In 1969, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation effectively split G. David Deardorff âs Hellam Township, York County, farm in two when it built Route 30. Now, 41 years later, the townshipâs supervisors have made it official, granting Deardorff an expedited formal subdivision of the 102-acre farm, which spans both sides of the highway.
The supervisors granted Deardorffâs request for a waiver of the townshipâs normal subdivision process after the townshipâs solicitor, Bradley J. Leber, of Blakey, Yost, Bupp & Rausch, advised that case law supported such a request. The approval came by a 4-0 vote during the supervisorsâ Jan. 21 meeting. Supervisor Mark Myers was absent from the meeting.
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