Tribute to fallen New Castle County officer

Tribute to Lt. Joseph Szczerba
Paula Vogelsong and her grandson Jude Ambrose, of Elsmere, wave the flag as several hundred police officers delivered Easter dinner on Friday to the mother of fallen officer Lt. Joseph Szczerba.

ELSMERE, DELAWARE (4/4/2015) New Castle County and Philadelphia police officers paid tribute to fallen officer Lt. Joseph Szczerba on Friday by bringing Easter dinner to his mother in Elsmere.

This has been an annual tradition of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 for many years and they recently added Szczerba’s mother to those receiving the meals.

Szczerba was killed in the line of duty near New Castle on Sept. 16, 2011.