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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n70-year old San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Lawrence Falce was off duty when he was driving on New Year Eve. He braked to avoid hitting two dogs that bolted out in the street. Alonzo Leron Smith, lifelong gang member, rear-ended Falce’s car. When the two drivers exited their respective cars, without warning, Smith popped Falce who lost consciousness and never recovered. He was removed from life support two days later.<\/p>\n
Smith tried to leave the scene, but another driver rammed his vehicle. According to the Associated Press<\/a>, Smith has spent most of his adult life behind bars.<\/p>\n Falce was the oldest member of the 3,700-member department, which does not have a mandatory retirement age but requires deputies to pass training exercises several times a year to ensure they still can do the job, spokeswoman Cindy Bachman said.<\/p>\n “He spent all of those years basically patrolling the community he lived in,” she said.<\/p>\n Falce is survived by his long-time girlfriend as well as a sister, the sheriff said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n