{"id":75766,"date":"2026-01-01T20:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/75766\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T20:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:12:07","slug":"communities-mourn-deaths-of-police-officers-on-new-years-eve-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/75766\/","title":{"rendered":"Communities mourn deaths of police officers on New Year\u2019s Eve \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two local police departments and the communities they serve are mourning the unexpected deaths of two of their own on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n

South Abington Township Officer Scott Seigler and Carbondale Police Officer Dominick Andidora Jr., both died of natural causes, leaving behind a gap in their departments that will be hard to fill, officials say.<\/p>\n

Seigler was at home with his family, when he suddenly felt ill, collapsed and was taken to the Geisinger Community Medical Center, where medical personnel tried unsuccessfully to revive him.<\/p>\n

Township Police Chief Paul Wolfe said Seigler, a veteran officers who worked full time for the department for 16 years, was well known and well loved by the entire community.<\/p>\n

Wolfe believes Seigler would say his greatest accomplishment was as a husband and father to his daughter and two sons.<\/p>\n

\"CarbondaleCarbondale police officer Dominick Andidora Jr. (SUBMITTED)
\n\"SouthSouth Abington Twp. Police Officer Scott Seigler. (SUBMITTED)<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficer Seigler was a dedicated member of the South Abington Township police department and took great pride in serving the community he lived in and loved,\u201d the department said in a social media post. \u201cHe was a great mentor to new recruits but above all else an amazing friend, husband and father. All of our thoughts and prayers are with the Seigler family, friends and community as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andidora also passed away on New Year\u2019s Eve while preparing for a work shift later in the day.<\/p>\n

Carbondale Mayor Michele Bannon said the city is mourning Andidora\u2019s unexpected loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a wonderful human being and a great cop,\u201d she said. \u201cHe was a foundational part of the department and will leave a big gap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andidora was with the department since 1993. His father also served as police chief, and retired in 2003.<\/p>\n

Bannon, who has served the city for about 31 years, said, \u201cI\u2019ve never before been without an Andidora at the department.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Wolfe and Bannon said the timing, with the deaths occurring on a day expected to be a joyful and celebratory, deepened the sense of loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two local police departments and the communities they serve are mourning the unexpected deaths of two of their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3099,201,182,139,28,178,180,179,6799],"class_list":{"0":"post-75766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-carbondale","9":"tag-lackawanna-county","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-scranton","14":"tag-scranton-headlines","15":"tag-scranton-news","16":"tag-south-abington-township"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}