Captain Leide DeFusco, Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, CO

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[h=4]Captain[/h][h=3]Leide DeFusco[/h]Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, Colorado






End of Watch: Friday, August 31, 2012









[h=4]Bio & Incident Details[/h]Age: 43


Tour: 22 years


Badge # Unit 7


Cause: Aircraft accident


Incident Date: 8/31/2012


Weapon: Not available


Suspect: Not available


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Captain Leide DeFusco was killed in an airplane crash as he and John Barger, a retired Pueblo Police Department captain, searched for marijuana grows in the Wet Mountains.





A narcotics task force had raided two large marijuana plantations in the area two weeks earlier and the two were searching for additional grows nearby when radio contact was lost at approximately 9:30 am. A rescue team located the smoldering wreckage of the Piper Super Cruiser in rugged terrain in the San Isabel National Forest, approximately five miles below St. Charles Peak, in Custer County.






Mr. Barger was an experienced pilot who provided flight services to local law enforcement agencies.






Captain DeFusco had served in law enforcement for a total of 22 years. He had previously served with the Pueblo Police Department. He is survived by his wife and four children.



awww.odmp.org_images_stars.pngPlease contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:


Sheriff Kirk Taylor


Pueblo County Sheriff's Office



909 Court Street



Pueblo, CO 81003









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