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Special
Agent Chuck Reed
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Special Agent Charles L. Reed, known to his friends
as Chuck, was born on January 31, 1951, in Des Moines,
Iowa.
He grew up inBurlington, Vermont and received an accounting
degree from Bentley College. He was employed as a CPA
prior to joining the FBI on September 9, 1979. Reed,
who was assigned to the Lansdale (now Fort Washington)
Resident Agency of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division,
spent much of his FBI career passionately working some
of the Bureau’s biggest drug investigations.
On
March 22, 1996, while working undercover, Reed met
in his car in the parking lot of waterfront hotel with
reputed Center City Philadelphia drug dealer Jonathan
Cramer.
A gun battle ensued inside the car, and both Cramer
and SA Reed were shot and killed.
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A park was
dedicated in honor of SA Reed in Lower Salford
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Reed was buried in his hometown of South Burlington,
Vermont, followinga funeral in Philadelphia that was
attended by thousands.
A park in Lower Salford Township
where Reed lived with his wife and three sons was dedicated
in his honor to commemorate Reed’s dedication
to the community and to the many children he had coached.
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March
12, 2008, Memorial March
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Two
of Reed’s sons, Josh and Todd, followed in
their father’s footsteps and joined the FBI as
Special Agents. They were among the crowd of more than
300 Philadelphia Agents and law enforcement officers
who participated in the March 12, 2008, memorial march
from the Philadelphia Office to Delaware Avenue parking
lot where Reed was killed. At this site, a plaque,
sponsored by the Hero Plaque Program, was dedicated
to Special Agent Chuck Reed’s service and sacrifice.
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