Nassau County Sheriff’s Office fundraising to send Honor Guard to National Police Memorial Day in DC

Nassau County Deputy Eric Oliver’s name is getting added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington DC, and the Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help sending their Honor Guard there to participate in the program.

The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office says Deputy Oliver’s family will be among the tens of thousands of people at the ceremony May 15th. The NCSO Honor Guard wants to participate in the National Police Memorial Day program, but they need community support to cover the cost. Donations will be used for travel, accommodations, and other expenses relating to attending the event. NCSO says Oliver was a member of the Honor Guard.

If you would like to make a donation, you can mail it to Nassau County Sheriff’s Office, Attention Captain Gregory L. Foster, 77151 Citizen’s Circle, Yulee, FL, 32097. Indicate NCSO Charities, Inc, as the paid-to-the-order-of and notate Honor Guard PMD 2017 in the notes. You can contact Captain Foster if you have any questions at 904-509-3783.

Deputy Oliver died after being hit by a vehicle while chasing a suspect on foot in Yulee. The suspect, Francisco Portillo-Fuentes, fled after Border Protection agents started questioning people in a vehicle he was traveling in. Portillo-Fuentes was later found in Jacksonville, and has since pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the country. Prosecutors say he had been deported from the US twice before, and had only re-entered the country a short time before this fatal run-in.