Fom the Sheriff’s Office:
McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Daniel Kramer and Fallen Deputy Jacob “Jake” Keltner Awarded Medal of Honor
Springfield, IL – Wednesday, 136 law enforcement officers from 41 Illinois agencies were honored in Springfield by Governor JB Pritzker and Illinois State Police Director Brendan F. Kelly for acts of heroism, bravery, and sacrifice at the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor Ceremony.
McHenry County Sheriff’s Office was proud to have two Medal of Honor recipients, Sgt. Daniel Kramer and Deputy Jacob “Jake” Keltner.
The Medal of Honor is awarded to officers who have been killed or seriously injured in the line of duty or who have displayed exceptional bravery or heroism while performing their duties as a law enforcement officer.
Sgt. Daniel Kramer received a medal in recognition of the bravery and heroism he displayed on June 16, 2020 while executing a homicide arrest warrant in Beach Park with the U.S. Marshals Service. Lake County Deputy Thomas Sieber was also recognized for his efforts that day, in conjunction with Sgt. Kramer.
Deputy Jake Keltner was honored for the ultimate sacrifice he made on March 7, 2019. Deputy Keltner was fatally shot in the line of duty while executing a search warrant.
Sgt. Kramer accepted the award on behalf of Deputy Keltner and the Keltner family.
“The special souls we pay tribute to met the common daily challenge of enforcing our laws with uncommon bravery,” said ISP Director Brendan F. Kelly.
“The Law Enforcement Medal of Honor Committee and the Illinois State Police honor these heroes, some who paid the ultimate price, in the pursuit of justice and the protection of public safety.”
“When we have men and women who go above and beyond their call of duty, and show this sort
of bravery and courage, it exemplifies what ‘hero’ really means,” said Robb Tadelman.
“We are very proud of Sgt. Kramer and Deputy Keltner, whom we miss terribly.”
This ceremony was the first held since 2016 and honored recipients from 2017 – 2022.
The Keltner case is a huge black eye on the US Marshals who were so incompetent in staging the raid, as well as the incompetence of Prim to allow county personnel to be needlessly dragooned by the feds.
Sickening.
Justice for Jacob.
The death of Jacob Keltner was absolutely avoidable.
The incompetence of those in charge of the poorly planned, executed and bungled tactical operation
will forever have his death on their consciences.
The coverup of this tragedy will never be investigated and those responsible will never be held responsible.
No posthumous awards will ever relieve them of their guilt.
In closing, I would hope that his family files suit against all responsible so that Keltner’s preventable and
needless death need not happen to another LEO.
RIP Jacob Keltner.
Okay, Abram now you support LEO. Since when Bitch? You hate the police.
Now please post triggered, to prove you triggered.
So abe, you were there? You read the case file? Are you an expert on tactical operations? What’s your training? Popcorn ready.
tRiGGHeReD-? 🤣
First how much did the county pay for this ‘stellar’ accolade?
These honor scams are well known PR BS psychops. DO a FOIA Cal.
Second, everybody knows the low IQ nignog who killed Keltner outwitted the dumbass US Marshal’s Office who didn’t even disable the nignog’s car in the parking lot, which allowed the savage nignog to escape…… putting even more people in danger.
Yes Keltner was a perimeter guard, who fell for the lure of fed $$ while also scoring his County Sheriff salary.
He should never have been in range of the nignog. Further he should have at least been alerted by the feds as to when they stormed the hotel room to effect the arrest of the fugitive nignog…. Yet they failed to do even that!
Keltner did nothing heroic. Ok, sorry to rain on the parade. Yes he was murdered by a savage, desperate nignog. Yes, Keltner was probably a good guy. And I am very saddened by his needless death at the hands of another nignog thug, especially for his his family.
But he shouldn’t have been detailed to the feds AT OUR EXPENSE, blurring the lines between local constabulatory and fed incompetent dopes in charge of the easy op.
Yes, Keltner died in Winnebago Co., but it could have just as easily been In Minnesota, Wisc., or the UP, where Keltner had indeed operated earlier as a U.S. Marshal’s minion making double pay because he was a loyal toot for Prim and the evil rat called Tadelman. Only certain deputies who had proven their loyalty to the Prim-Tadelman axis of evil got such lucrative gigs.
Until the border is finally secured, these US Marshal escapades are rather pointless.
The whole Keltner case never made much sense to me.
Why was he in another county?
Why was he paid extra?
How long has these special ‘arrangements’ with the Feds been going on.
I seem to recall this started under Nygren, not Prim.
But why didn’t Prim stop it?
There really shouldn’t be awards for fatal stupidity.
For all of you who think you know what you’re talking about, let me educate you some.
The county did not pay for anything.
The USMS paid the county.
Keltner was out of the McHenry county area since he was deputized by the USMS which gives him that authority.
There were no “special arrangements”.
Multiple other law enforcement agencies in the area do this as well.
Keltner, along with the other men involved showed no specialty loyalty.
They were picked for that position because of their ability and skill.
You can’t just throw an average cop into that type of position.
No feds every “stormed” the hotel room.
Educate yourself on the facts.
There’s absolutely no cover up on Keltner’s death.
And for anyone to sit here and say this was executed poorly does not understand the dangers of the USMS/USMS task force.
When you do that job long enough, the risk of violence rises.
Also, Keltner did do something heroic.
He woke up everyday to face evil, violent people in order to apprehend them.
Instead of sitting behind a phone or computer being a keyboard warrior, he actually went out and did something with his life.
Most people would be too scared to do what he did.