Detective Mobley was 36 years old and a native of Columbus, Georgia. He had a wife, a daughter, and a son when he died. He had joined the Virginia Beach Police Department on December 19, 1967. In 1977 he was selected Police Officer of the Year by the Virginia Beach Jaycees. He had also received a third place award from the Virginia State Jaycees as an Outstanding Young Law Enforcement Officer from Virginia that same year.
Officers Black and Mobley were operating a Virginia Beach helicopter when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean south of Rudee Inlet at 11:27 P.M. July 11, 1979. They had been dispatched to locate a disabled boat. Officers Black and Mobley located the disabled boat anchored about a quarter mile offshore and were guiding another boat to it with the police helicopter spotlight when the crash occurred.
He was the son of James Walter Mobley and Ila Mae Frazier Mobley.∼Killed in the line of duty.
Officers Black and Mobley were operating a Virginia Beach helicopter when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean south of Rudee Inlet at 11:27 P.M. July 11, 1979. They had been dispatched to locate a disabled boat. Officers Black and Mobley located the disabled boat anchored about a quarter mile offshore and were guiding another boat to it with the police helicopter spotlight when the crash occurred.
He was the son of James Walter Mobley and Ila Mae Frazier Mobley.∼Killed in the line of duty.
Detective Mobley was 36 years old and a native of Columbus, Georgia. He had a wife, a daughter, and a son when he died. He had joined the Virginia Beach Police Department on December 19, 1967. In 1977 he was selected Police Officer of the Year by the Virginia Beach Jaycees. He had also received a third place award from the Virginia State Jaycees as an Outstanding Young Law Enforcement Officer from Virginia that same year.
Officers Black and Mobley were operating a Virginia Beach helicopter when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean south of Rudee Inlet at 11:27 P.M. July 11, 1979. They had been dispatched to locate a disabled boat. Officers Black and Mobley located the disabled boat anchored about a quarter mile offshore and were guiding another boat to it with the police helicopter spotlight when the crash occurred.
He was the son of James Walter Mobley and Ila Mae Frazier Mobley.∼Killed in the line of duty.
Officers Black and Mobley were operating a Virginia Beach helicopter when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean south of Rudee Inlet at 11:27 P.M. July 11, 1979. They had been dispatched to locate a disabled boat. Officers Black and Mobley located the disabled boat anchored about a quarter mile offshore and were guiding another boat to it with the police helicopter spotlight when the crash occurred.
He was the son of James Walter Mobley and Ila Mae Frazier Mobley.∼Killed in the line of duty.
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