Family of slain officer delivers memorial cookies on 5-year anniversary of death

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — The family of slain U.S. Forest Service Officer Jason Crisp, who was gunned down in Burke County five years ago, stopped by the Burke County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday -- the anniversary of his death -- to deliver special cookies to memorialize his sacrifice.

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While investigating a double murder, Crisp and his K-9 Maros tracked down the suspect but were shot and killed by the man, who was laying in ambush.

(Crisp and Maros)

Crisp was a full-time deputy with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office from June 1998 to March 2004. He served as a reserve deputy from 2004 until the day he died.

[IMAGES: Jason Crisp funeral ceremony]

On Tuesday, Crisp’s widow, Amanda, sons Garett and Logan, and Crisp’s mother, Elaine Tangeman, delivered handmade memorial cookies to the agencies involved in the manhunt that day and those that were instrumental in planning the funeral in the following days: McDowell Sheriff’s Office, Burke County Sheriff’s Office, Morganton Department of Public Safety, Western Piedmont Community College’s and McDowell Technical Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training programs, Marion Police Department, U.S. Forest Service and North Carolina Highway Patrol.

(Crisp family delivers cookies to Burke County Sheriff's Office)

“It’s been a hard day, but a good day,” Amanda Crisp told deputies at the McDowell Sheriff’s Office. “I just want to thank each of you for what you did for us that day and the days that followed. You have been good to help us and to keep Jason’s memory alive.”

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As it does yearly, the McDowell County 911 Communications Center held a moment of silence at 2:38 p.m., the official time that Jason and Maros died.

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office also remembered Jason Crisp and Maros in a moment of silence.

“We thank the Crisp family for their kind expression of remembrance and ask that you join us in continuing to keep them in our prayers,” the department said.

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