HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015 05-11 Minnesota Senate names highways after slain cops Scott Patrick, Joseph Bergeron PIONEER PRESS Minnesota Senate names highways after slain cops Scott Patrick,
Joseph Bergeron
Updated:05/11/2015 07:05:19 AM CDT TwinCities.com
Minnesota Senate names highways after slain cops Scott Patrick, Joseph Bergeron
The Minnesota Senate on Friday voted overwhelmingly to name part of
�� ,�� Minnesota 149 the Officer Scott Patrick Memorial Highway and a stretch
� � of Minnesota 36 in Maplewood the Sgt. Joseph Bergeron Memorial
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recent years.
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his accomplice, Joshua Martin, was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
"His life will not go unnoticed," Sen. Foung Hawj, DFL-St. Paul, told colleagues who unanimously
approved the Bergeron highway.
Scott was a 19-year veteran of the Mendota Heights Police Department who would travel Minnesota 149,
also known as Dodd Road, as part of his beat.
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�' ���`� " Brian Fitch was found guilty of his murder and sentenced to life in
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