Benefit Nets $2,000 for Officer’s Family
A recent benefit to raise money for the family of Police Officer Danny Valenzuela, who died in May, brought in about $2,000, city officials said.
Half of the money received from purchases of food at a McDonald’s restaurant on East Imperial Highway for three hours on June 21 was donated to the Valenzuela memorial fund.
Valenzuela died after suffering a heart attack during a bicycle training exercise with officers from several Orange County law enforcement agencies.
Valenzuela was 39 and a 14-year veteran of the Brea Police Department. He is survived by a wife and four children.
Donations to the fund may be sent to the Brea Police Officers Assn., Brea Civic and Cultural Center, One Civic Center Circle, Brea, CA 92691.
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