Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Every time I hear on the news or read about another Brother/Sister that makes their final Patrol. A piece of my Heart go's with them and their Families.

Rest in Peace Brother.

Mike McKeon Sr. lehigh Acres, Fl

Mike McKeon Sr
Elizabeth, N.J. P.D. 1969-1980

January 16, 2007

To the Family, Friends, and Brothers in Blue of SGT. Sottile,

Our hearts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. Please know that his death is a loss that is felt throughout the entire law enforcement community. God Bless..

Donna Sacco
Wife of Lt. Robert Sacco, Bethlehem Police Dept. (PA)

January 15, 2007

To the family and friends of Sgt. Sottile: We, in law enforcement, have lost another brother! I feel so blessed to have made it to retirement! May God be with you all during this time! My thoughts and prayers are with you!

Senior Trooper Lee R. Joiner II #774
Georgia State Patrol (Retired)

January 15, 2007

We are deeply saddened by the loss of someone who makes us safe and secure while visiting your beautiful state. We thank you for putting yourself in harm's way for the rest of us, and promise you will be remembered in our prayers.

Tony and Dyann Corrao
residents of Ohio

January 15, 2007

I have thought long and hard about posting words concerning this man and I only hope that the words I have chosen do him justice.

Nicolas G. Sottile Sr., was a true American Hero. Not for how he died but for how he lived his life. There were many that met Nick or Trooper Sottile or even Sgt. Sottile but no one left lesser a person for meeting him.

He was a man that you understood from the time you met him. He was a man of simple desires and easily understood. I never heard Nick speak ill of others but often heard words of encouragement to assist those that he knew or just met. He liked where he was from and who he was. He wasn’t ashamed to let you know that he came from a small community where everyone knew you.

He loved his communities, the one that he lived in, the Church one he practiced in and the Law Enforcement one that he worked in. He also possessed the skills to work all three into one, a quality missed by many.

I can’t recall a time that I didn’t intermingle with Nick that when all and said was done I didn’t feel better because of it. On many levels I think he enjoyed his job just a little better that I and I thought that a rare quality.

There is an old saying that everyone improves a room some by coming into it and others by leaving it. Well, Nick was a truly rare individual because he did both at the same time. He improved any place that he was at, and when he left you knew that you were better for the time he had spent with you and others were about to be improved by his arrival.

I feel that my life is better for having known Nicholas G. Sottile Sr. and I can only hope that I meet him again because I know where he is know. I wasn’t born into your family but because of our chosen profession we became brothers.

I hope the best for Elizabeth and his children. Remember always that you truly knew an American Hero because he was a good man.

Rest in peace my brother your watch here is over, go in peace with God, truly rest 10-42 in heaven.


JP Fane
President
Highlands County Lodge 99
Sebring, Florida

JP Fane
Highlands County Sheriff's Office

January 15, 2007

Sergeant Sottile,
Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. You and your family are in our prayers. Rest Easy Brother !!

Dep. Paul Sperandeo Ofc. Amy Sperandeo
Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office, Gretna Police Dept, La.

January 15, 2007

It has been a few years now since many of us in North Carolina have worked with Nick, yet we all took the news pretty hard. Nick was liked by everyone, he will be missed. God bless his family, our thoughts are with them.

Former FHP Trooper Nora Walbourn

January 15, 2007

Another brother taken so before his time. R.I.P. brother. You will not be forgotten.

Trooper
Massachusetts State Police

January 15, 2007

I have grown up with Sergeant Sottile's son Nick. I was around Mr. Sottile at many of our sporting events throughout the years growing up. I knew Mr. Sottile to be a very kind and humerous individual. It was always a good time to be in Mr. Sottile's presence. Memories of Mr. Sottile will last forever in my mind and he will not be forgotten.

Brandon Stidham
Friend of family

January 15, 2007

You will be remembered by all of us.

L. Taylor

Member of
Concerns of Police Survivors COPS

January 15, 2007

I'm so sorry to hear about Sgt. Sottile. My husband was a LEO for 8 years and a firefighter for the past 5 years. My little brother is on the Drug Task Force. A few years ago I listened to the scanner as he called for back up during a routine traffic stop. A lady high on drugs took his gun and put it to his head. Thank God he was able to stick his finger in the slide and prevent her from killing him. She went to prison for 25 years and just won her appeal to only serve half of it. We know when our loved ones start their shift what they could encounter and we pray that it doesn't happen. Your family is in my prayers. Lean on each other and God and you will be able to get through this. Again, I am so sorry for your loss!

Lisa Newman
Saddened citizen

January 15, 2007

Thank you for your service. To your family and friends, be strong and know that he is watching over you now.

Det. Adam Romine
Colorado Springs Police Dept.

January 15, 2007

You will not be forgotten,My prayer's are with you and your family.God Bless

Polk county Florida

January 15, 2007

I can never find the right words to tell you, the family how much I feel for your loss. I never knew your husband, father and friend but it always hurts when someone from "our family" is lost while performing the same job we do every day.

TFA Watson
Winter Park Police Department

January 15, 2007

God speed, brother, you fought the good fight. Now rest in peace…

Officer Oscar Dieguez
Omaha Police Department

January 15, 2007

I am sorry to hear of the loss to Sgt. Sottile's family and the FHP. We just lost one of our THP brothers and was elated to see a FHP unit make the trek all the way to Columbia, TN. I wish I could make way to Florida to return the favor to the FHP and pay my respects to the man and his family. My thoughts and prayers are with Sgt. Sottile's family and friends.

Trooper H. Robertson
THP

January 15, 2007

Words cannot express my sincere deepest condolences to the family and fellow officers of Sgt. Sottile. Especially for Nicholas's son as my father is also a police officer.

Constable Mike Plomp
Winnipeg Police Service

January 15, 2007

Rest in Peace Sergeant. Your family and fellow Troopers are in my thoughts and prayers.

Special Agent Ronnie Austin
Florida Department of Law Enforcement

January 15, 2007

I will never forget Nick's contagious laughter. May God's Peace that passes all understanding be with the family, friends and community. Nick will never be forgotten.

Ret. DOS
FHP Troop F

January 15, 2007

Sergeant Sottile and Family,
You will be missed here in Lake Placid. My children went to school with Nick and Heather. My son played soccer with Nick and your nephew Jimmy. Justice will be done. You were a HERO and you died as a HERO. It scares me to know that my daughter knew the killer. Rest in Peace my Town Hero.

Mansfield and Simmons Family
Lake Placid Resident

January 15, 2007

OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOUR FAMILY. THE WEEK END HAS BEEN TERIBLE. SPECIAL PRAYERS TO ELIZABETH AND HER FAMILY. IF WE CAN DO ANYTING PLEASE CALL US. WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL THE OFFICERS-CITY POLICE,SHERIFFS AND HIGHWAY PATROL. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. RESIDENTS OF SEBRING FLORIDA
GODBLESS YOU ALL !!!!!

sharon dorrough and lisa goggans

January 15, 2007

As a resident of Lake Placid, I want to extend my deepest condolences to the Sottile family. We are proud to call him a "native son" of Lake Placid. He made the ultimate sacrifice keeping our streets safe. May God help his family through their time of need.

Another Lake Placid resident

January 15, 2007

Rest easy, Troop. We'll take it from here.

Trooper
Michigan State Police

January 15, 2007

I never knew you,
But we are brothers,
I never met you,
But we are brothers,
Our paths never crossed,
But we are brothers,
I have never patrolled in your town,
But I know we have been on duty together,
just in another town.
And we are brothers.
And as a brother,
I feel the pain,
I feel the hurt,
And I feel the sadness that only a brother can undergo.
The sacrifices that each of us make everyday in nothing compared to the one you and your fellow officers have accepted.
One that everyone one of us is aware could happen
Any day, any moment, any second.
You have made me proud,
You have made my job easier because
I am more aware.
I am more cautious
And I will never forget you.
May God hold you in his hand and have you rest in peace.

Sgt Regie Butler
Devon & Cornwall, UK

January 15, 2007

TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SGT. SOTTILE,

OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AS YOU COPE WITH THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

TROOPER JON JUDGE
TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL

January 15, 2007