NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
July 22, 2008
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
TRUST FUND SET UP FOR
SLAIN OKALOOSA COUNTY DEPUTY
Deputy Sheriff Anthony "Tony" Forgione
A trust fund has
been set up for the family of slain Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Anthony
Forgione. Deputy Forgione was shot and killed early Tuesday morning while
entering a home at 331 Plymouth Avenue in Fort Walton Beach along with other
members of the agency’s Special Response Team.
Deputy Forgione,
who had been with the Sheriff’s Office for nearly three years, leaves behind a
wife and two young daughters.
Citizens can
make donations to the Deputy Anthony Forgione Benefit Account at any branch of
Beach Community Bank.
Sheriff
Charlie Morris and the other employees at the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
appreciate the outpouring of support for Deputy Forgione’s family and other OCSO
officers that is coming in from residents here and from across the state.