Police officers have held a nightly caravan by the Desfosses home in Attleboro, and blue lights have been lit at homes and businesses in nearby communities.
Desfosses wake is scheduled for Tuesday at Saint Mary s Church, located at 1 Power Street in Norton, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. There will be a law enforcement walk through at 4:30 p.m.
Due to the pandemic, social distancing and COVID-19 guidelines there is very limited access at the church. The Desfosses family and the Norton Police Department request that anyone who wishes to pay their final respects to Defosses do so along the procession route to Saint Mary s.
Police officers have held a nightly caravan by the Desfosses home in Attleboro, and blue lights have been lit at homes and businesses in nearby communities.
Desfosses wake is scheduled for Tuesday at Saint Mary s Church, located at 1 Power Street in Norton, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. There will be a law enforcement walk through at 4:30 p.m.
Due to the pandemic, social distancing and COVID-19 guidelines there is very limited access at the church. The Desfosses family and the Norton Police Department request that anyone who wishes to pay their final respects to Defosses do so along the procession route to Saint Mary s.
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NORTON - Detective Sergeant Stephen R. Desfosses is hospitalized after contracting COVID several weeks ago and a fundraiser has been launched to support his family.
Desfosses has been in the ICU for a week, according to Jeffa Lombardi, who launched a GoFundMe page Dec. 28 to help Desfosses wife, Jessica, and their two daughters, Addison, 11, and Ella, 8. Jessica has taken leave from work to focus on their two daughters, Lombardi said.
“After struggling to improve at home for two weeks and feeling a serious decline in his ability to breathe, he was taken to the local emergency room,” Lombardi said. “He was immediately identified as being in critical condition and swiftly transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. Initial tests revealed blood clots in his lungs, legs, and abdomen. More importantly, he was completely unable to maintain oxygen saturation on his own.