Sergeant Robert B. Rigoni
Port Clinton Police Department
Date of Incident: Friday, December 9, 1983
Sgt. Rigoni was the pilot of an airplane that
crashed into Lake Erie 12/09/1983. On board was
Deputy Bruce E. Mettler (Ottawa County) and
Dispatcher Michael L. Sweeney (Put-In-Bay). The
three officers were on an emergency flight during
bad weather to Kellys Island to assist the Kellys
Island Police Chief, who was suffering a heart
attack. All three men on board lost their lives when
the plane went down.