Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Scott

it has been 4 months and there isn't a day that goes by that we don't think about you or talk about you.... You are always with us.
Please give Slinger strength on Saturday and give him the courage he needs.....

Miss you Scott

Kelley

Kelley
friend

December 6, 2006

Hi,Scott. I just can not believed this has happened. This was so unfair. I wanted to write so often and got lost for words. I am horrible at writing. It is so heart breaking to read your reflections, specially from Trish and Jared. I do read them often. It is sad we had lost touch over years. I never had stopped thinking about all our good times we all shared. I still can not believe you every got Ron to go on beach with us. That just amazed me. There are many other wonderful times I could write about. These will be memories that will be always be treasured. I just wish there is something I could do to stop all pain Trish and boys are going thru. I just hope you can give Trish, your sons, and your family strength they will need to make it thru the holdiay. You will be dearly missed and you will alway be in our hearts. Trish,if you need anything or just want to talk please call me anytime. I am here for you and the boys. lots of love always.

Linda Cucinotta
friend

December 5, 2006

To Jared and Josh, I worked with your dad at the prison
and I'm a long time friend of his. As you well know, your
dad is a HERO; however, you both are HEROES for being so
good and so strong for your mom. Your dad would be sooooo
proud of you guys for helping your mom, doing good in
school and playing sports. Your dad is watching both of you
ALL of the time, and will always watch over you.
Your dad and I use to play flag football together and your
dad played quarterback for both teams because he was that
good. We didn't care that he liked them Dallas Cowboys,
we still let him play football with us. On the back of your
dad's police trading card, his message to other people
states " set goals for yourself, never under achieve
yourself, treat others the way you want to be treated ".
Always remember that message from your dad as you go
through school and college, and as you go through life,
never be afraid to tell your new friends about the HERO
your dad became.


Scott, good bye for now,

" Slinger "

Rick Genslinger
friend/former colleague

December 2, 2006

Hey there Scott.... I just had to tell you once again you gave us a sign. Em and I were shopping and she had walked away from me in the aisle and next thing she is going "mom mom look what i found" she had a box of Scottie tissues in her hand and the box was covered in orange and black butterflies......and it was the only one on the shelf !!! So now it sits on her bureau in her room. I don't think she will ever open it.

Look after Trish and keep giving her the strength she will need to get not only the boys but herself thru the next few weeks.

Miss you Scott

Kelley
aka reflection committee (just for you Rick haha)

Kelley
friend

December 1, 2006

Scotty,
What up brotha!!! I miss you a lot. How are things in heaven? Are you convinced now, I told you God was an eagles fan! Its hard patrolling in the south side where you taught me how to do this job. When I drive down Maple street and somebody calls me honey brown my eyes began to water because I hear your voice saying it not theres. I'm getting to know a lot of people in the city just like you taught me, everybody always teases me because Im always waving to people but thats how you get info right. I'm back in the military and I go to jump school in January, do me a favor and make sure my parachute opens. Sometimes when I look at your picture on my refrigerator my eyes start to tear but I just smile because I know when its my time I'll see you again (wearing an eagles jersey) I just wanted to write and let you know I think about you and can't wait to see you again! God Bless FTO/Friend/Brotha

Off. Hackney
RPD/Friend

December 1, 2006

Hey Hon,

Josh wrote this letter to you in school and since we obviously can't send it to you in heaven, I thought I would "send" it to you here. Here is exactly what he wrote:

Dear Dad

I Miss you a lot and I Love you!!!! a lot I wish you were with me write now but you're dead and up in hevin with Nana crhman and if I die I will be with you and then I'll be ixsidid.

Of course it breaks my heart that he even has to write something like this. I cried my eyes out when I read it. But, I wanted you to know how terribly we miss you. Nothing will ever, ever be the same. I still can't and don't want to believe you are gone.

Thanks for the great time we had in Dallas. The weather was great, the game was great, the hotel was great and spending time with your boys is always great. It was not easy, but we made the best of it and the kids got to do a lot of neat things. Again, too bad you are not here to see it. It was nice to be away for the holiday because it just felt like any other day. However, I don't think I will be able to "ignore" Christmas like I did Thanksgiving. I'm dreading it.

By the way, I love to see you in my dreams. It is the waking up that sucks. I have to wake up to the reality of life!! But at least in my dreams, I get to feel you and see you again. So while it is really hard, keep seeing me - OK?!

Loving you and missing you always and forever!!

Love forever,

Trish

Trish & Josh Wertz
Loving wife and son

November 29, 2006

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO,

I haven't written in a while because just like everyone else, I find this so hard to accept. I worked 3-11 about two months ago and it was the first time I passed "the site" in the daylight since you were taken away. I pass it everynight on my way to work but it is dark and I am able to pretend it isn't there. I can't see the memorials at night in the dark but when I went in that day and could see everything and I saw where you had been it was like a punch in the gut. All at once the whole night was replaying in my head. I know I'm not the only one who was working that night that that happens to. I also know there's nothing you can do to stop it. Time heals all wounds, I guess some just take a while. I just wanted you to know that you will never be forgotten. Your name, cell number, and office extension are still posted. Everytime I look up from my computer I see them. It seems like no one is ready to take them down. It will happen eventually and I'm sure that will be another punch in the gut. I can't imagine what your family feels like, having so many pictures and memories of you. The dumbest stuff brings you to mind some days. Do you remember when you and Erik were partnered and you were calling in a plate while listening to (and singing) "Brass Monkey?" You gave the plate and said "monkey" instead of "mike" for the M in the plate. Well, about a week after you died, a lady called in to give me the plate on her stolen vehicle and she also said "monkey" when giving the M. I just started cracking up on the phone and when she asked me why I was laughing I had to apologize so she didn't think I was laughing because her car had been stolen. I haven't seen any butterflies or any other signs like others have, but when I think of that phone call, I know you were telling me to lighten up and not think of you with anything but laughter and good thoughts. Well, my friend, that is what I will do. It seems like I see monkeys occasionally so I guess instead of a pretty butterfly, I get the silly monkey. That fits though because you always had a joke to tell and a way of making people laugh.

Trish, you, the boys, and the rest of your and Scott's families are always in my prayers. I know things will never be the same for any of you but I hope that with each day that passes your hearts are able to heal a little more.

God Bless,

Monica

Monica
Friend

November 29, 2006

I would like to take the time and thank everyone far and near across the U.S. who have taken the time and left a reflection on this web site for Scott, also a belated Thanksgiving and hope your holidays will be happy and merry. I only hope and pray that we can all get through the holidays one way or another. I know it is not going to be easy for anyone who knew you Scott.

Scott, you were one of a kind. We miss your great smile, your laughter and most of all your loud voice(not an insult, a compliment) that way we always knew you were around somewhere. When I look at your picture on this web page, I still can't believe you are gone. Give us all the strength that everyone needs to get through the hoildays.

I hope one day to be able to read all the messages that people have left for you.

Most of all, please give Trish and the boys the strength they need and help them get through the holidays with ease. I know it is not going to be easy.

Until we speak again, Nevin, Barb & Dusty.

|Barb
mother-in-law

November 29, 2006

God Bless you Wertz/Schappell families, during this coming Holiday season! May God bless your family now, more than ever, and give you the strength to keep going. I hope that Scott shines down on you from above and keeps you smiling. If I could figure out a way to change this scenario for you, I would ... reading all these reflections breaks my heart, and I think of your family OFTEN!

Anonymous

November 28, 2006

Scott Wertz,

I "formally" met a friend of yours that was at your house that horrible morning when we got there......I just wanted to hug her.
I don't know why, but I feel as if there is a special bond. She actually asked how I was doing.
Right away I felt as if I had to say that I was ok.....But I'm NOT. I feel so bad for Trish and the boys that I feel guilty feeling the way I do.(like crap, missing you).

I know right now that Trish IS NOT doing well at all.
With Christmas right around the corner she needs more strength than any of us can give her, not to mention what the boys must be going though. YOU need to give her the strength she needs....Yes, you need to do alittle work here.

As I sit here writing to you and looking at you picture. VERY handsome. MUCH better picture(thank you ODMP for asking Trish if she wanted to change it)I remember your laughter and that smile. I only wish you could be here so your family could be happy even if it was for one more day. They say everything happens for a reason and I am a believer in that, but I CAN NOT for the life of me figure out what the reason is that you were taken from us.......Whatever.

We went to Tiki a few weeks ago for one last time before they closed in honor of you and your favorite place.
Duh, I guess if any of us would have read the paper sometime we would have known that they are not closing. But I still gave my little speech.....did not cry or make Trish cry as I promised I would not. But I meant what I said about never going to that place again....it was your place with us and I never have to go there ever again.

People say that I am angry and need to move on. But when you lose a friend and see how their family and friends are suffering, it's hard to move on. I always knew how many people knew you and how many people you knew, but I never thought you were that popular.....God Scott.

I also know that there are a few friends that still could not bring themselves to write to you but they do check this page everyday. They are hurting. Give them strength.

Ok, Assshooooooooooo. (You knew that was coming soon or later)...I just wish that I could Nextel you and say it to you in person.


FOREVER THINKING OF YOU........LISA

Lisa Leisey
Friend

November 28, 2006

#2 son

I want to wish you a belated Thanksgiving. It just didn't seem like Thanksgiving this year. Our family was not together and most of all it was because you were not here with any of us. We missed not being able to sit down and have our traditional dinner. Trish, Jared, Josh and I were down in Texas as you know, cause we saw you fluttering around and watching over us. I wish it could have been you standing there with them instead of me. I or anyone else will never ever be able to take your place. (you would have been proud of me rooting for the cowboys).

Be with Dusty when he gets up to camp. I know he is going to have a rough time when he pulls in to camp. It is something he doesn't want to remember nor will he ever forget.

Barry was just wonderful to Trish and the boys. He is such a wonderful person. He took and will take good care of the boys.

I only hope and pray that we can get through the coming holidays. I know it is going to be real tough cause you will not be with us. Just give us all the strength we need to get by. I wish there was some way I could make it easy for all of us, but I don't think there is one. Please give Trish the strength she needs to get through the difficult time, she will need it more then anyone of us. I wish there was a way I could trade places with you. Everyone says time heals, but I know it will take a long time if ever that we will heal from this ordeal.

I just want you to know that you are missed and loved by so many people and you will never be forgotten. We will never let that happen, cause the person you were and the things you did for everyone and the examples you set, deserve to be remembered forever.

As always, I am proud to say, you were my son-in-law, only wish I could say this is my son-in-law. Love and miss you deeply

Barb
mother-in-law

November 26, 2006

Well Slinger you definately made me laugh !!!! I know we should be so sad about Scott not being here but that isn't what he would want. And we all know that.....
Slinger you are making such a huge difference for me....I've been struggling with it but talking to you and laughing about all the memories are making it a little easier.

Scott keep smiling down on us

Kelley

Kelley
Friend aka reflection committee

November 25, 2006

Scott, I had a request from the " Scott Wertz reflection committee " (Kelley) to leave a funny reflection, not a
sad one due to the fact that I always make her cry.
So lets back up 16 years, Scott invited me to his old
house on 12th Street one night, he told me to come down after my shift at the prison. I got there at my normal time and I was still in my prison uniform. I walked up on
his porch and looked in his window and seen about 15 people
in his living room, talking and having a good time.
I decided to play a little joke, so I pulled my Mag light
out and knocked on his door and yelled " Reading Police "
" Open Up " I then walked back to the window thinking I
would find 15 people laughing, instead I observed 15 people and Scott (the host of the party) leaping over the
living room furniture and running into his 8X10 kitchen.
Someone then said " Scott it's your house, you better open
the door ". Scott then emerged from the kitchen, his eyes
were the size of pie plates. He cautiously walked to the
door and opened it. When he seen it was me, he gave that
" classic Scott Wertz look " hands on the hips and his eye-
brows flying in the air. Scott said " Slinger ,you just
gave everybody a heart attack " !!
The all-time favorite ,was the time I caught Scott's kitchen on fire (the same 8x10 kitchen). When the smoke
cleared, I looked up and once again, I got the "Classic
Scott Wertz look ". Scott, I been telling these stories for the last 16 years and I'll tell them for another 16 years and after that another 16 years. After that, when I
am in a nursing home, in my wheelchair sitting in a circle with my fellow nursing home colleagues, reading the obituaries to each other, I will tell the stories again, and tell them about the HERO you became.

good bye for now,

" Slinger "

Rick Genslinger
friend/former colleague

November 24, 2006

Hi SCOTT I have to tell your boys are doing great .I watched the whole game with my family ,but you know am an EAGLES ?FAN that will never change ha ha you know what am talking about .I can't wait onDEC 25 DALLAS AND EAGLES lets see what ROMO can do he's a great quarter back and also cute .Happy Thanksgiving talk to you soon GO DALLAS GO EAGLES but i know you were watching over the COWBOYS today that's why they had a good game today bye eve

Evelyn Harwell
Friend, and the wife of a fellow officer

November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving!!

al
friend =]

November 23, 2006

Hey Scott,
Just wanted to drop by and say Happy Thanksgiving but there insn't to much to be happy about but at least know we are all thinking about you and wishing you were here.
This will be the 1st of the dreadful holidays that we will have to spend without you. I just wish the holidays were over and January was here. Trish, mom and the boys seem to be having a good time in Dallas although it would be better if you were with them or we were together as a family. Dad is up at camp with some of the guys. I'll be going up there Saturday for rifle season. I dread going up there cause the last time we were there was when we were notified of your death. I guess it will be ok once I'm up there. It's weird not having the family together for the holiday but maybe it's easier that we are all doing different things cause even if we were together it wouldn't be the same without you. I'm gonna go but just wanted to stop by....You are thought about every day and missed by so many people....Could you please give Chase and Conner a big hug and kiss for me....I know you are watching over them for me.
I'll stop by later Scott, Miss Ya!
Dustin

Dustin
BPD Maryland and Brother-in-law

November 23, 2006

"Hey Scotty!" I hope this message gets through to you!
It's so hard to deal!
It is so hard to try and make sense of it all, somehow "all"That Love Will!I had a "flash back!" today!
I thought of when you "taught me" how to ride a "Bike!"
I'll never Forget!
You showed me where the clutch was "on the left!"
Then you showed me where the brake was. "On the right!"
Once you gave me the instructions, you told me to take the bike up "Wood Street" "I just knew that I was "So Kool!" as I took your bike up Wood street in first-gear reaching a top
speed of "Forty-miles an hour!"
You kept yelling to me, "Switch gears! Switch gears!"
I figured out on the way back down the half-street how to switch-gears, and I reached third-gear!
You expressed the pride of a father who just saw his child
"walk for the very first time!"
{Then Came The Finish!)
You were clapping for me, It was you Heather,and Lila."
But, Just then, I tried to stop!
Your hands started to "Flail back and forth!"
"Telling Me to Stop!" I did my best to stop!, but "Some How"
" popped the clutch, and did a wheely!" "'I'll never forget
the look your face, as I pinned you up against that garage-door!!!
I'll never forget "How Pissed You Were!" The bike fell over, and you just "walked away!" "Speaking words that i have never heard before!" It kind of sounded like "Charlie Brown's Teacher!"
I 'begged you to take a swipe at me, but you would't!
I felt sooo bad!
Needless to say, I never rode bike again! Ha!Ha!Ha!
I miss you Bro!
Dennis Smith
"A Friend From Long Ago!"

A "Friend from long ago!"

November 20, 2006

Scott
Just wanted to say thanks for giving me a sign today... I got called for jury duty and was sick to my stomach knowing I may have to serve knowing I couldn't do it fairly because of all of this. But you were there..and older woman had a clip in her hair that was an orange and black butterfly and then on the TV there was a story about someplace in Mexico and how they are raising Monarch Butterflies..... I know it was you smiling down ....

Thanks for being there with me....

Miss you always

Kelley

Kelley
Friend

November 20, 2006

Ohhh-- the infamous keg stand that we made you do at Jenkins' house. That was the last time we saw you too. So much fun.

Brooke Mish
Friend/Officer's wife

November 20, 2006

I just want to say i miss you 'and i will always remember the fun and crazy things you used to say when i will just a teenage in the 80's.Especially when you got together with your buddies in miltomore st you never had changed always crazy and loud HA HA .Lastime i talked to you was @ my nieces house on July @ V" and your fellow friends had you up side down and i was cheering for you.My son Robert talks alot about you when you were chasing him @ V's picnic ,also when my son hears yhe song called your beautifull he crys and tells i miss scott and someday we will meet again bye now talk to you soon eve

Evelyn Harwell
Friend, and the wife of a fellow officer

November 19, 2006

Hey Hon. Uhhhh – today I want to scream out loud how much we miss you and love you and want you back. But, then again, I realize that will never happen. I’ve had a rough week and I’m trying so hard to keep it together. I’m still waiting for this nightmare to get easier. Most days I just want to die to be with you. But, then I look at the boys and realize I could never do that to them or my family and friends. I don’t know how I am going to make it through the holidays without you. I so dread them!! I wish we could just skip right over them! They, like everything else, will never be the same! I just don’t know how I am going to do it! It just makes me cry when I think about waking up Christmas morning and you not being here. Especially to see the boys faces when they open their gifts. Or to see your face when my mom puts a picture of your gift in a little box instead of wrapping your big gift! So many times this week things have come up where I didn’t know and I said, “Scott would know”. I reference things with you all the time. It is just so weird and awful yet to refer to things because you are gone. I rode the Harley several times these past couple of weeks. I saw you flying around watching!! I am going to keep the bike for you and enjoy it for you, since you didn’t get the chance to!! I got a letter today from the U.S. Dept. of Justice stating that I cannot be considered a victim for the purposes of the federal case against JT. What a joke!!! If I am not a victim – I would like to know who the hell is?! I can so appreciate your frustration with the justice system now! All I can say is it better not fail you or us! So many things have happened the past couple of weeks that I so needed your advice on and it just sucks, simply sucks, that you are not here for me to turn to. You would be happy to know the house is really coming along. Thanks to your brothers in blue and Greth Builders we now have a beautiful deck. The basement is coming along – slowly but surely (you know Webby)! I’ve painted a lot of the house (thanks to my cousins), and picked out some new furniture. Jared’s room is done (thanks to Sherry and Alan). It is so AWESOME!! I know you are smiling!! Jared made honor roll this quarter. He is doing so good. I was so worried about him. I still worry every day how this will affect them in the future. But, I know you will be watching over them. He has a girlfriend. You would be proud! I know you are and I tell the boys that! Like father, like son! Josh is doing good also. He is so sensitive. Who does that remind you of??? Well, we will be leaving for Dallas on Tues. I’m hoping I don’t feel like I did in NY. I will try my hardest to have a good time. I will make sure the boys have fun! Send some luck to those "Boys" – I would like for the kids to see them win! Please keep sending the signs. I need them every day. Oh – and please help Jared on Monday at basketball tryouts. He so needs to make that team!! Thanks, and you know I am always thinking of you and loving you and missing you more and more every day!! Until next time . . .

Love forever,

Trish

Trish Wertz
Loving Wife

November 19, 2006

hey scott,
just want to say, i miss you. i watched that movie"click" last night. remember on the previews where he paused the remote to see the girl jogging with the big chest? i couldn't help but think of you. i remember how you loved that part. well that movie has a serious side to it, and it really hit home.i don't think i ever cried over a movie ever before in my life. well, i guess there is a first for everything. this one broke me. it reminded me a lot of my own life & i wish i had spent more time with you. trish showed me the pictures from your party the other night,and it was really upsetting for me because that was the last night we were together. we had such a great time. i never thought it would be the last. before i left that night i told you that i loved you, and hoped to have many more great years come. i am so glad i said that to you. that was our last moment together. i hold that memory in my mind everyday. i wish i could go back to that night because i would have said so much more.you are one of a kind scott, and things are not the same without you.

missing you,

shelly

michele
sister

November 18, 2006

DEAR SCOTT,
I JUST WANTED TO SAY HI BECAUSE WE ALL MISS YOU SO MUCH, THIS TIME HAS BEEN VERY HARD ON MYSELF BECUASE I WAS SO KNEW TO THIS JOB, AND I NEVER THOUGHT THIS KIND OF THING COULD HAPPEN. EXSPEACIALLY TO ONE OF US. IM ON MIDNIGHTS KNOW WITH A BUNCH OF GREAT GUYS THAT LOOK OUT FOR ME, AND I TELL YA THEY ARE A ROUGH CROWD BECAUSE IF YOU MESS UP ONCE THERE ALL OVER YOU BUT ITS ALL IN FUN. YOU KNOW HOW MIDNIGHTS CAN BE AND THE DOWN TIME THAT YOU HAVE. THEIRS NOT ONE MOMENT WHEN I HAVE THE TIME THAT I DONT TRY TO BREAK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT IN MY HEAD, I THINK OF IT EVERYDAY. I READ THE REFLECTIONS AND I ALWAYS FIND MYSELF WITH TEARS IN MY EYES. I WISH I KNEW YOU LONGER LIKE OFF. MESH, OFF. GENKS AND OFF. HEVELOW AND THE REST OF THE READING POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS MIGHT SOUND STUPID OR SELFISH BUT I FEEL CHEATED BECAUSE THEY KNEW YOU LONGER AND LOVED YOU VERY MUCH. WHEN YOU TRAINED ME AT PATROL OPS IN THE ACADEMEY YOUR PERSONALITY ALL WAYS STOOD OUT BECCAUSE THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR THE PROFESSION AND YOUR COWORKERS. I SPEAK TO THE OFFICERS AT THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE INCIDENT ALOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALLY BEEN A HUGE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ME. IF YOU ONLY KNEW HOW MUCH YOU IMPACTED THE OFFICERS OF RPD AND THE CITIZENS OF READING YOU WOULD BE GLOWING. THE RESPECT THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOR YOU IS UNMEASUREABLE. SCOTT IM STILL TRYING TO GO SEE YOU BUT ITS REALLY HARD I PROMISE I WILL BE UP AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS. BUT FOR KNOW BROTHER REST IN PEACE AND DONT WORRY ABOUT US OUR THE FAMILY WE HAVE IT ALL UNDER CONTROL. MUCH LOVE AND RESPCECT, I MISS YOU SCOTT AND I THINK OF YOU EVERYTIME WHEN I PUT MY UNIFORM ON BEFORE MY SHIFT AND I WEAR YOUR BADBE # WITH HONOR AND PRIDE ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER OFFICER OF THE READING POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ON ALL OF OUR SHOULDERS WATCHING OVER US.

OFF. ADAM LINDERMAN # 655
READING POLICE DEPARTMENT

November 18, 2006

Just wanted to say hi.

Going through the anger stage.
I know I'll feel better soon.

Give everyone the strength to get through the rest of the year.

Forever thinking of you.....Lisa

Lisa Leisey
friend

November 18, 2006

Hey Scotty,
I'm so glad to see all of the love and respect that you have recieved. You and your family deserve so much more!
I have one of those satellite radio's in my work truck, and I spend countless hours listening to the 80's station!
It takes me back to when I was 14, and you were 5 years older. I'll never forget how good you were to me!
I was a kid from a single-parent household, "Always Broke,"
and nothing but countless hours of time on my hands.
You were the "Big Brother" that i never had!
I remember so many good times we had. Like the first time
i ever saw the ocean! You came flying around the corner in your 1985 Red Z28 Camaro, with AC/DC's "Back in Black" "Blaring from the stereo." Everytime I would here the system boomin" I new it was time for our next adventure!
I would peak my head out of my mom's apartment window and you would yell up,"Yo Gus, wanna go to Wild Wood?"
I would rush to the phone and call my mom, and of course she would say yes, because she new that i was in good hands!
Or the countless hours that you Tommy, and myself would cruise around in the "jeep." or hang out at Hiester's Lane.
You and Tommy would always beat me in pool, so i would usually end up sitting there and watch your "epic battles."
I sure hope that The two of you are getting back to your "pool game."
I miss you both terribly! It's ahsame how time seperates friends, and somehow we lost touch. But i'll never forget the great times that we had, Me, you and Tommy!
Thank you for being so good to me!!!!
Sadly Entered,
Your friend Dennis!

Dennis Smith
"Friend from long ago"

November 15, 2006