Police disappointed in decision not to indict driver over death

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Fellow officers of Cpl. Scott Wheeler expressed disappointment in a grand jury?s decision not to issue a manslaughter indictment against the speeding driver who struck and killed the officer on Route 32 last June.

“We had an officer out there doing what we ask them to do every day,” said Howard Police Chief William McMahon, who hosted a somber meeting Thursday at police headquarters to discuss the case.

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