Marty James Mitchetti Jr. Class of 1991

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   Marty James Mitchetti Jr. NFA 1991, Detective Marty James Mitchetti, Jr., a Police Officer with the New Windsor Police Department, died in an off-duty construction accident on June 7, 2005. He was 32. Detective Mitchetti was born on September 21, 1972 in Newburgh to Marty J. Mitchetti, Sr. and Elizabeth Bishop. Marty was a 1991 graduate of Newburgh Free High School and worked as a certified welder at West Point until 1995 when he joined the Orange County Sheriff's Office. He worked at the Sheriff's office as a Police Officer until 1998 when he joined the New Windsor Police Department on January 27, 1998. He served as Patrol Officer and was assigned as a K-9 Officer on February 23, 2001. In February 1999, Detective Mitchetti received the Excellent Police Duty Award for the apprehension of three suspects involved in a robbery and unlawful imprisonment of a local resident. In November 2002 he received the Meritorious Police Duty Award for disarming a suspect with a knife. In 2004 and 2005 he received the Honorable mention award. Marty was a member of the New Windsor Police Softball Team, a Third Degree Blackbelt, a fine athlete and a great poker player. His greatest accomplishment was building his own home with his brother Chris and his friends. Survivors include his devoted fiancée, Christine Muller, loving parents, Marty J. and Elizabeth Mitchetti, loving brother Chris Mitchetti, and his paternal grandfather Cosmo Mitchetti. He is also survived by a host of aunts and uncles and extended family as well as the entire New Windsor Police Department family. The family will be present to receive friends on Friday, June 10, 2005 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at Coloni Funeral Home, 3001 Route 9W, New Windsor, N.Y. A funeral service will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment to follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. For guest book and directions, visit www.colonifuneralhome.com.

News Article ! June 8, 2005

New Windsor
Town cop injured on construction job A town police officer was seriously hurt while moonlighting on a construction job in the west end of New Windsor yesterday. Supervisor George Meyers said Officer Marty Mitchetti, 32, was struck in the head with a hose while pouring concrete. Further details about the accident were still being sorted out. Mitchetti was taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, where he was being evaluated, Meyers said. Police Chief Michael Biasotti and several members of the department, as well as family members, were with Mitchetti at the hospital. "We're all praying for him," Meyers said. Mitchetti was hired in January 1998 and is a member of the town's K-9 Corps. He received a meritorious duty citation at the department's annual awards ceremony two years ago and an honorable mention citation at this year's ceremony, held just two weeks ago. Mitchetti is not married. Meyers said he had lived in New Windsor, but believed he'd just bought a house in Cornwall. "I've known him since he was 14 years old," Meyers said. "He was a friend of my son. He's a good cop."

Picture submitted by Pauline Rute Hall 1952