A FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY IN LAS CRUCES FOR STATE POLICE SERGEANT THOMAS VITALE. THE SERVICES WILL BE AT 10:00 AM AT THE CEDAR HILLS CHURCH OF THE CROSS. THE PROCESSION WILL THEN DEPART LAS CRUCES AND TRAVEL TO FORT BAYARD NATIONAL CEMETARY FOR INTERNMENT.
SERGEANT VITALE DIED SATURDAY AFTER STATE POLICE SAY HE SUFFERED A MEDICAL INCIDENT WHILE ON DUTY. HE HAD SERVED WITH STATE POLICE FOR 18 YEARS AND WAS ASSIGNED TO DISTRICT 12 IN DEMING.
