Virginia Inmate Awarded for Saving Deputy's Life

Jan. 9, 2023
A Chesapeake City Jail inmate was honored with the Citizen’s Service Award at the 4th Quarter Service Awards & Promotional Ceremony at the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office on for saving a deputy’s life.

A Chesapeake City Jail inmate was honored with the Citizen’s Service Award at the 4th Quarter Service Awards & Promotional Ceremony at the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office on for saving a deputy’s life.

The deputy, Robert Rench, was choking on a sandwich while inmates were taking a lunch break from cutting grass at a pump station in August, and the inmate jumped into action, performing the Heimlich maneuver.

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