16 officers from the Cheltenham Township Police Department will be honored on Tuesday, May 21 by Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele during the annual District Attorney’s Law Enforcement & Civilian Commendation Ceremony at the Montgomery County Fire Academy Auditorium in Norristown.
The ceremony is scheduled for 12:00pm and will recognize heroic actions, excellent investigations and acts of valor by law enforcement.
40 officers, one K-9 and four civilians will be recognized, according to a press release on behalf of the District Attorney’s office.
Cheltenham Township officers will be recognized for the murder-for-hire investigation involving Julie Jean, 35, and Zakkee Alhakim, 34, each of whom have been sentenced to life in prison on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy for coordinating and carrying out the “assassination” of Rachel King, a Philadelphia teacher who was fatally shot in a Cheltenham Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru line with her 11-year-old son in the car in March 2023.
The officers’ names are as follows:
- Cheltenham Township Det. Ryan Murray
- Cheltenham Township Lt. Daniel Farley
- Cheltenham Township Lt. Andrew Snyder
- Cheltenham Township Lt. Joseph O’Neill
- Cheltenham Township Lt. Richard Schaffer
- Cheltenham Township Det. Ronald Cupo
- Cheltenham Township Det. Steven Motta
- Cheltenham Township Det. Philip Degliomini
- Cheltenham Township Sgt. Michael Moore
- Cheltenham Township Ofc. Stephanie Pappas
- Cheltenham Township Ofc. Brian Walsh
- Cheltenham Township Ofc. James Stocklos
- Cheltenham Township Ofc. Justin Sneeringer
- Cheltenham Township Ofc. Kevin Norton
- Cheltenham Township Ofc. Adam Heath
- Cheltenham Township Ofc. Zachery Koerper
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