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NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND ASK TO SPEAK TO A DETECTIVE. THE BIDDEFORD COMMUNITY HONORING THE LIFE OF A CITY POLICE SERGEANT WHO WAS KILLED LAST WEEK ON HIS WAY HOME. SERGEANT JACOB WOLTERBEEK DIED IN A CRASH ON THE PISCATQUA RIVER BRIDGE. BONNIE BISHOP TAKES US TO A VIGIL HELD TONIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE BIDDEFORD POLICE STATION… 11:16:12-11:16:27 WE CAN’T MAKE THIS BETTER, BUT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND RALLY BEHIND THEM IN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. AND WE JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY DO. AND, THIS IS OUR WAY OF LETTING THEM KNOW THAT… THE 41-YEAR-OLD WORKED AT THE BIDDEFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 18 YEARS– AND WAS KNOWN AS A RESPECTED MEMBER OF THAT DEPARTMENT… TONIGHT’S VIGIL– BRINGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER FROM PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH HIM EVERYDAY– TO THOSE WHO MAY HAVE NEVER MET THE SEARGANT.. PAM PAYEUR– WHO ORGANIZED TONIGHT’S VIGIL– NEVER MET WOLTERBEEK– BUT SHE SAYS SHE’S FELT COMPELLED SINCE THE DAY HE DIED…TO DO SOMETHING 11:15:17-11:15:28 WE KNOW HIS BROTHERS IN BLUE ARE SUFFERING TOO. AND WE WANT TO SHOW THEM FOR ALL THEIR YEARS OF SUPPORT OF OUR VETERANS AND OUR PROGRAM AND OUR MISSION TO SERVE THEM, THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THEM AS WELL. WOLTERBEEK WAS A HUSBAND AS WELL AS A FATHER TO THREE CHILDREN 11:17:10-11:17:16 THERE’S JUST SUCH AN OVERRIDING OVERRIDING SADNESS RIGHT NOW. AND THAT MEANS THAT HE WAS VERY LOVED. AND RESPECTED. MANY HAVE SHARED THEIR CONDOLENCES SINCE HIS DEATH… INCLUDING OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS… –BUT TONIGHT, THE BIDDEFORD POLICE CHIEF SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT WOLTERBEEK SINCE HIS DEATH 11:30:03-11:30:16 ON BEHALF OF THE BIDDEFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALL THE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SHOW OF SUPPORT. JAKE WAS A SPECIAL GUY. WE LOVED HIM, THE COMMUNITY LOVED HIM, AND IT SHOWS. TO END THE VIGIL– THE CHIEF HUNG A WREATH OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT TO HONOR THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN