{"id":1199552,"date":"2022-01-08T10:35:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199552"},"modified":"2022-01-08T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:35:06","slug":"funeral-held-for-illinois-police-sgt-marlene-rittmanic-our-world-has-been-turned-upside-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/funeral-held-for-illinois-police-sgt-marlene-rittmanic-our-world-has-been-turned-upside-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral Held for Illinois Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic: &#039;Our World Has Been Turned Upside Down&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffuneral-held-for-illinois-police-sgt-marlene-rittmanic-our-world-has-been-turned-upside-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199552&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Illinois-police-Sgt-Marlene-Rittmanic-Bradley-Police-Dept-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Funeral services for slain Bradley, Illinois, police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic took place Friday. She was killed while responding to a noise complaint on December 30.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say Rittmanic, 49, was shot with her own weapon by 25-year-old Darius Sullivan with assistance from his girlfriend Xandria Harris, 26, Breitbart News previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2022\/01\/04\/prosecutor-seeks-death-penalty-in-killing-of-il-police-sgt-rittmanic\/\">reported<\/a>. The sergeant and her partner Tyler Bailey, 27, responded to a complaint of dogs barking in an unattended car at the Comfort Inn on North State Highway 50. Their investigation led them to Sullivan\u2019s hotel room, and they were both subsequently shot, authorities say. Bailey remains in the hospital.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Kankakee County State\u2019s Attorney Jim Rowe has called on the federal government to file charges and pursue the death penalty for the defendants.<\/p>\n<p>Rittmanic\u2019s family, friends, and fellow police officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/funeral-for-fallen-bradley-police-sergeant-to-be-held-friday\/2723328\/\">congregated<\/a> at&nbsp;Olivet Nazarene University in the Hawkins Centennial Chapel on Friday, according to NBC 5.<\/p>\n<p>Rittmanic\u2019s wife Lyn Stua solemnly gave the eulogy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Watch Below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><span>\u201cOur world has been turned upside down, obliterated, and hopelessly broken,\u201d Stua said in part.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGod speed to Illinois State Police investigation, state\u2019s attorney Jim Rowe and his team. May justice be swift and reflective of their actions,\u201d she later added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMarlene Rittmanic Stua, you are my whole reason for living, you are my hero, and my heart is empty without you,\u201d she continued. \u201c<\/span><span>I will ensure swift and reflective vengeance for you. Hug our mothers, our sisters, and previous hounds. Rest in peace, my love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Stua also spoke regarding Tyler Bailey, who was shot in the head and remains hospitalized.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTyler is not out of the woods by far,\u201d Stua said. \u201cHe has a road of recovery, and please don\u2019t forget him in all of this. Pray for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>In a joint statement, Rittmanic\u2019s family and the Bradley Police Department said the fallen officer was a \u201c<\/span><span>leader in community policing,\u201d according to NBC Chicago. They added she would \u201c<\/span><span>work together to find a solution that produced the least disruption in people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The statement added:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u2026She believed \u2013 and stated, \u201cjust because you can, doesn\u2019t mean you should.\u201d Meaning \u2013 if you have statutory grounds to arrest a person, tow their car, or fine them, doesn\u2019t mean you should. If she pulled over a single mother without a $1 to her name but clearly had violations, she would consider the long-term consequences of creating more debt to someone that is already impoverished.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following services at Hawkins Centennial Chapel, spectators lined streets as a procession of hundreds of cars traveled to Abraham Lincoln National Cemetary, her final resting place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A few of our members traveled downstate today to show our support of the Bradley Police Department and pay our respects to Bradley Police Sgt. Rittmanic. Thank you for your service, Sgt. Rest in Peace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Rqm7HG25W\">pic.twitter.com\/1Rqm7HG25W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NapervillePD (@NapervillePD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NapervillePD\/status\/1479573826287636487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Rittmanic, a 21-year law enforcement veteran, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/sgt-marlene-rittmanic-funeral-bradley-police-officer-killed-shooting-il\/11436545\/\">had<\/a> recently received the Officer of the Year Award for Kankakee County, per ABC Chicago. Rittmanic had a passion and love for dogs, as she and Stua adopted multiple rescues throughout their relationship. She was also \u201ca&nbsp;published poet, amateur photographer and film producer for family, police and community events,\u201d per NBC Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>ABC Chicago reports one of her poems were read aloud at her services:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe color we bleed is that of deep blue.<\/p>\n<p>The blood that is shed is without asking for who.<\/p>\n<p>No choice in what we do, where we go or when we die.<\/p>\n<p>The color we bleed is that of deep blue.<\/p>\n<p>All too often one will pay the ultimate price.<\/p>\n<p>Those who wear the uniform accept the sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the call of duty one day might be mine.<\/p>\n<p>No regrets, sorrow or fear as I walk the blue line.<\/p>\n<p>The color I\u2019ll bleed is that of deep blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rittmanic is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daily-journal.com\/obituaries\/sergeant-marlene-rittmanic\/article_ecd562be-6cd0-11ec-b8e8-8bb0c1248c3e.html\">survived<\/a> by her wife, father, five of her sisters, a brother, and nieces and nephews, according to her obituary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funeral services for slain Bradley, Illinois, police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic took place Friday. She was killed while responding to a noise complaint on December 30. 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