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VISITATION, SERVICE SET FOR FALLEN PREBLE COUNTY DEPUTY

(Preble County, OH)--Services have now been set for Josh Hamilton, who was the first Preble County Sheriff’s Office employee to die in the line of duty in the county’s history when he was killed in a crash on Monday morning.  Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Friday at The Pentecostal Tabernacle on West Eaton Pike in Richmond.  Yesterday, Sheriff Mike Simpson remembered Deputy Hamilton as a focused deputy.  "Because of his military service and then, after that, what he's doing here.  He was committed to the community."  And, Hamilton was a Preble County native.  "We love people that want to come back to the community, work here, and serve," Simpson added.  The funeral is set for 10 o’clock Saturday morning.