Funeral service and procession held for Rock Palermo Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso on the loss of Rock Palermo, who was killed Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in a plane crash, along with Don Clements. Palermo was a local attorney and a pilot for the Sheriff s Office. (Source: KPLC) By Johnathan Manning and Davon Cole | February 6, 2021 at 10:22 AM CST - Updated February 6 at 6:52 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Funeral services were held today for Rock Palermo after his life was claimed in a plane crash in Cameron Parish on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.
Palermo was a local attorney at Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson and was a pilot with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Cameron Sheriff: Two bodies recovered from plane crash near Hackberry Rock Palermo and Don Clements were killed in a plane crash near Hackberry, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Source: KPLC) By Johnathan Manning | February 2, 2021 at 8:24 PM CST - Updated February 3 at 10:41 PM
HACKBERRY, La. (KPLC) - Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane that went down near Hackberry Tuesday, Cameron Sheriff Don Johnson said.
Rock Palermo and Don Clements were killed in the crash, Johnson said. Palermo was an instructor on the flight and Clements was a student.
Palermo was a local attorney at Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson and was a pilot with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Calcasieu Sheriffâs Office launches app for residents to submit tips The Calcasieu Parish Sheriffâs Office has released an app through which residents can submit tips to law enforcement. The cellphone app, âCloseWatch Calcasieu,â can be downloaded for Apple and Android. By KPLC Digital Team | February 2, 2021 at 3:46 PM CST - Updated February 2 at 3:46 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Parish Sheriffâs Office has released an app through which residents can submit tips to law enforcement.
The cellphone app, âCloseWatch Calcasieu,â can be downloaded at the following links:
Tips may be submitted anonymously and may be made about any specific school or location in Calcasieu Parish, according to the Sheriffâs Office.
Report: Plane Crash Victims Identified
HACKBERRY The Cameron Parish Sheriff s Office has identified the two people who died in a small plane last last night.
According to a KPLC report, Sheriff Ron Johnson identifed the men as a flight instructor, Rock Palermo, and his student, Richard Don Clements. Johnson says the two were flying a single-engine Cessna 182 when it crashed just before 6 p.m. Tuesday night. The FAA is investigating the crash.
Palermo was an attorney in Lake Charles and a pilot for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff s Office. Palermo s law firm posted this message to its Facebook page after his identity was released.
Rock Palermo
The two bodies recovered from the wreckage of a plane that went down near Hackberry Tuesday are believed to be that of flight instructor Rock Palermo and his student Don Clements. Palermo, an attorney, was also the pilot for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Tony Mancuso was visibly emotional about the loss of Palermo.
“I’m not going to talk about the crash itself, because that’s going to be another investigation, I wanted to talk about our friend Rock who was everything to this office,” said Mancuso.
The plane, a single-engine Cessna 182 four-seater, crashed on a small island between Hackberry and Big Lake, near Pete Seay Circle just before six o’clock Tuesday night. Calcasieu Parish District Attorney Stephen Dwight said Palermo was well respected in the community.