New York State Police Wall of Honor - Today we Remember Trooper Jerome B. Nugent

Trooper Jerome B. Nugent, 25, died on October 13, 1933 from a fractured skull caused when he was thrown from his motorcycle on the Forestville Sheridan Road near Sheridan, Chautauqua County. At the time of the accident, Trooper Nugent was assigned to patrol the Lake Shore area of the Sheridan station.

While on patrol, a large collie dog ran from a farm house directly into the front wheel of his motorcycle. Trooper Nugent was taken to Brooke Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, but succumbed without regaining consciousness.

He was a five year veteran, serving all of his career with Troop "A".