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Red Cross blood drive to honor fallen officer
2/21/2014Today, the seventh anniversary of the line-of-duty death of Toledo police Detective Keith Dressel, the American Red Cross hosts a blood drive in his honor.
The drive will be 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Toledo Police Patrolman’s Association Hall, 1947 Franklin Ave. To schedule a donation appointment, go to redcrossblood.org and enter KEITHDRESSEL as the code.
Detective Dressel, 35, a 13-year department veteran working in the vice unit, was shot and killed Feb. 21, 2007, on North Ontario Street.
His killer, 15-year-old Robert Jobe, is now 22 and serving 15 years to life with an additional 3 years for a gun specification. He is in Mansfield Correctional Institution.