Eugene L. Coon (November 15, 1929 - October 15, 1998) is an old Sheriff from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (serving Pittsburgh and the surrounding area) and influential figures in the local Democratic Party..
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He graduated from, Perry High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1947. He attended the University of Pittsburgh, studying "prelaw."
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Army service
He served in the US Army from 1947-48, then reapplied in 1950 to the Korean War, where he was a combat infantry soldier in the 1st Cavalry Division, serving until 1952.
Law enforcement career
Coon began his career as a Pittsburgh Police officer in 1952, and was promoted to assistant inspector. Coon was elected Sheriff in 1969, replacing William Davis's pension. He was once called "America's heaviest Cop" by men's magazine. When he became chairman of the murder squad in Pittsburgh, the unit solved 57 murders in a row. He resigned from Pittsburgh in 1969 to run as Democrat for the Sheriff of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, a position he would hold through the next seven elections, ending his career in 1997. He became chairman of the Allegheny County Democratic Party in the early 1970s. He also did not succeed to Allegheny County Commissioner and Major Pittsburgh.
Gene gained national recognition on January 3, 1983 when he refused to place the homes of unemployed steel workers for public sale after the seizure process.
He was appointed to the Pennsylvania Police Hall of Fame on January 27, 1990 and served as a bagpiper in many St Patrick's Day parades. He died at his home on the South Side on 21 October 1998, at the age of 68.
FBI file
It was revealed in 2011 by WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh that the FBI had kept extensive files on Sheriff Coon from early into the mid-1970s and suspected it was "protecting" and "enforcing" it for Pittsburgh Mob, especially the organization of Tony Grosso.
No public charges or investigations were ever pursued, but the files linked Coon with the same organization alleged by Federal investigators in the death of District Attorney to Pittsburgh Robert Duggan in early 1974. Then-US District Attorney, and then Governor of Pennsylvania , Richard Thornburgh chose to close the case and investigation in 1975.
Accident
In 1988 Sheriff Coon was involved as a pedestrian in a car accident, losing one of his legs due to an injury he suffered.
Gun shot at party
While in his last tenure as Sheriff on November 6, 1994, Coon was disturbed at Donegal's second house on the outskirts of the city by one of the target parties who shot him next to him while he was taking a nap. The Pennsylvania State Police responded after Coon tried to make his neighbors shut the party and exhausted by failing, firing a shotgun to calm the party crowd.
See also
- Allegheny County District Attorney
- Pittsburgh Police
- Sheriff County Allegheny
References
External links
- 1981 election coverage
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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