Line of Duty Death: Reserve Officer Robert Craig Cloninger
Reserve Officer Robert Craig Cloninger
Mount Gilead Police Department, North Carolina
End of Watch Sunday, August 15, 2021
BIO
Age 38
Tour 19 years
Badge Not available
INCIDENT DETAILS
Cause Duty related illness
Incident Date Saturday, August 14, 2021
Reserve Officer Craig Cloninger died after suffering a medical emergency after responding to a structure fire on Northview Road shortly before midnight.
Officers from the Mount Gilead Police Department and fire personnel responded to the scene of the fully engulfed home. Officer Cloninger collapsed while at the scene of the fire and rescue personnel immediately began life-saving efforts. He was transported to FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight.
Officer Cloninger served as a reserve officer with the Mount Gilead Police Department and as a full-time officer with the Biscoe Police Department. He had 19 years of law enforcement service and had previously served with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. He also served with the Ellerbe Rescue Squad. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Chief of Police Patrick L. Preslar
Mount Gilead Police Department
123 N Main Street
Mount Gilead, NC 27306
Phone: (910 ) 439-6711
