Category: Caroline County Sheriff’s Office

From the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office:

Caroline County Sheriff’s Office
P.O. Box 39 118 Courthouse Lane
Bowling Green, VA 22427
Phone (804)-633-1120 Fax (804)-633-1124
E-Mail: sheriff@carolinesheriff.org

Sheriff A. A. “Tony” Lippa, Jr.

For Immediate Release – September 27, 2007

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEPUTY L. W. REEL

The Caroline County Sheriff’s Office has received the following information on the funeral of Deputy Leonard W. Reel, age 23, and Elizabeth C. “Liz” Ryan, age 23.

A combined memorial service will be held on Friday, September 28, 2007 at 7 p.m. The service will be located at Bowling Green United Methodist Church, 112 South Main Street, Bowling Green.

In lieu of flowers, a request has been made from the family for contributions to the fund for Elizabeth’s daughter, Ciarra Blount-Ryan. The fund has been established at Union Bank and Trust, P.O. Box 220, Ladysmith, Va 22501.

Following the memorial service, a reception will be held at Bowling Green Town Hall located at Courthouse Lane and Chase Street.

Anyone with questions about the arrangements is encouraged to call Major M. W. Hall at (804)633-5400.

From WTVR 6 in Richmond, Virginia: Deputy Death :

It’s a tale of two hearts connected by the graveyard shift.

A deputy meets his sweetheart 7 months ago. She was a clerk at at a Ladysmith gas station he frequently stopped in to buy a drink or use the restroom.

The two hit it off and had everything going for them until Monday. Deputy Leonard Reel was on his way to meet his girlfriend Liz Ryan, when he got a call to respond to Nelson Hill Road for a fatal traffic accident. Fourty minutes later, the deputy finds out that the victim is his girlfriend. Her three year old daughter Ciara was also injured and taken to Mary Washington Hospital.

Two days passed and the stress was just too much. Shortly after Reel’s sister leaves his house, Reel uses his service weapon to kill himself. Sheriff Tony Lippa says his deputy left a note behind saying in part that he couldn’t live without Liz.

A memorial service will be held for both Deputy Reel and Liz Ryan at Bowling Green United Methodist Church on Friday night.

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I just want to say thanks to WTVR for their story on Deputy Reel’s passing.

You can leave comments on Storke Funeral Home’s website for Deputy Reel and his late fiancée Liz Ryan.

http://carolinejustice.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-prayers-and-thoughts-are-with-you.html

I just want to say that Deputy Reel was a great guy the times I was around him and he had an amazing sense of humor. He will be missed.

From the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office: Port Royal Volunteer Fire Department establishes Relief Fund for Captain Yvonne Reedal:

Port Royal Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief David Jenkins announced today the establishment of a financial relief fund for fire and rescue volunteer Yvonne Reedal. Yvonne has suffered a cancer relapse and cannot return to work for an indefinite period. Yvonne has actively volunteered in Caroline for over 20 years. Additionally she serves the County as an emergency 911 communication officer, working for Caroline for eight years. Yvonne has given unselfishly of herself to others, now her Department is asking for others to aid her in her time of need.

Persons interested in offering financial support may send donations to the:

Relief Fund for Yvonne Reedal
C/o Union Bank and Trust
P.O. Box 98
Bowling Green, VA 22535

Donations may also be made at any branch of Union Bank and Trust.

For more information, contact J.P. Wilkerson with the Port Royal Volunteer Fire Department at (804)742-5509, David Jenkins, Assistant Chief, Port Royal Volunteer Fire Department Phone: (804) 742-5505, or Sheriff Tony Lippa.

This happened Saturday morning (July 21, 2007) but I was waiting on a update on the woman’s status before posting:

At approximately 0245 (2:45 a.m.), a call was received from a visitor of The Four Winds Club, located at 2350 Skinkers Neck Drive, Rappahannock Academy, reporting that a woman had gone missing approximately three hours ago and was last seen along the Rappahannock River.

The Caroline County Sheriff’s Office coordinated and helped to conduct search operations of the campground while personnel from the Port Royal Volunteer Fire Department conducted search operations in the Rappahannock River using a boat and a body heat detection device. Personnel from the Bowling Green Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Ladysmith Volunteer Fire Department rescue/dive team also responded.

The Virginia State Police dispatched resources including a State Police tracking dog and a helicopter (N36VA) from their Aviation Unit which used forward looking infrared to conduct a search of the forest and open areas.

At day break, fire and rescue volunteers went door-to-door asking residents if they had seen the missing woman without success before they were relieved at approximately 0900 (9:00 a.m.). The woman was eventually located and was unharmed.