Sen. Davis helps honor fallen Maine State Trooper

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FALLEN OFFICER REMEMBERED — On Dec. 11 Sen. Paul Davis, R-Sangerville and Sen. Scott Cyrway, R-Benton joined retired Maine State Trooper Mark Nickerson, Trooper Seth Allen, Trooper Tyler Harrington and Lt. Jackie Theriault at Brown Cemetery in Benton to visit the grave of Trooper Thomas J. Merry, a hero who died in the line of duty in July of 1980 in Palmyra. Davis and Cyrway are both retired law law enforcement officers who worked at the same time. Cyrway was a classmate of Trooper Merry’s and Davis was one of the first responders on the evening of the incident. In visiting Merry both are reminded that, even in a safe place like Maine, law enforcement can be a dangerous line of work and that officers put their lives on the line daily to protect. From left are Nickerson, Davis, Allen, Harrington, Theriault and Cyrway.