PAWLING – Dutchess County Sheriff Adrian “Butch” Anderson has passed away. The 72-year-old veteran law enforcement officer passed away in his sleep last overnight.
Butch, as most people call him joined the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy on December 1, 1970. He graduated the FBI Law Enforcement Academy in Quantico, Virginia in 1977. In 1993 he was named Undersheriff of his beloved department was elected Sheriff in 1999. He celebrated fifty years in law enforcement with the department in 2020.
Butch Anderson also served as the Village Mayor of his hometown of Pawling from 1983-1991.
The Sheriff leaves behind a wife, Danielle Giametta Anderson, and three children.
In December of 2020, an enormous celebration of Butch’s storied career in law enforcement was held, including a parade that escorted the Sheriff from Pawling to his office in Poughkeepsie. The coverage of that celebration can be found here.
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