Investigator Steven Martin Sandberg

Death by Force

Steven Martin Sandberg, a 60-year-old Caucasian male investigator, tragically lost his life on Sunday, October 18, 2015, while in the line of duty at St. Cloud Hospital in Minnesota. A 24-year veteran of the Aitkin County Sheriff's Office, Sandberg was assigned to guard a patient, 50-year-old Danny Leroy Hammond, who was a suspect in a domestic incident.

In the early morning hours, around 5:15 a.m., a violent altercation broke out between Hammond and the investigator in the hospital room. ...Read More

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