
Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 58-E: 28
Department: Norfolk County, Massachusetts, S.O.
End of Watch: 04/10/2012
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Age: 42
Length of Service: 11
Deputy Sheriff Tvelia was killed in a motorcycle crash while on his way to serve as an honor guard at the funeral of a fellow officer's mother. Deputy Tvelia was on his department motorcycle and in full uniform when he collided with a vehicle and then was Struck by a vehicleck by a second vehicle. Deputy Tvelia was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.