Police Recognition Awards Banquet honors Clermont officers
Fourteen Clermont County law enforcement officials were honored at the annual Police Recognition Awards Banquet. Recipients included Barry Jacobson and Frank Lambros. Lt. Clifford L. Henson. detectives Rowland and Poe. Thorold Todd. James Lillie. Robert Freyhof, Robert Simms. Richard DePuccio. William Hupp. Chief Thomas Brockman. and a Bethel special agent. Jacobson earned for undercover weapons sale arrest and saving an Amelia resident from a burning building. Lambros credited with broad investigations and 304 arrests plus a Gold Star award. Showalter saved a 9 month old, Crooks aided removal of children from unsafe home. Lillie aided in a burn incident. Freyhof and Simms helped rescue entries from a fire. DePuccio lauded for youth work expanding Explorer program. Continued on page 8.