Benjamin Brallier Death, Obituary: 41-year-old Benjamin Brallier was a dedicated Liquor Enforcement at Pennsylvania State Police. He has been identified as the officer who passed away in a deadly stabbing incident that happened near the Montour Trail in Moon Township on Monday, October 21, 2024.
“The Pennsylvania State Police is heartbroken to confirm the tragic loss of one of our own, dedicated Liquor Enforcement Officer Benjamin Brallier, who was fatally stabbed while off-duty yesterday. With over 20 years of service, he was an exemplary officer and a devoted father and husband,” said a statement from Col. Christopher Paris, the state police commissioner.
Police charged Anthony Quesen, 25, with criminal homicide on Tuesday morning, following Monday’s fatal stabbing near the Montour Trail in Moon Township. According to the criminal complaint, officers found Quesen approximately a third of a mile from the site, with cuts on his hands and blood spots on his clothes. He allegedly told police that Benjamin Brallier stabbed him and seized his backpack.
According to investigators, a blood trail led from Brallier’s location on the route to a bike. Quesen’s ID was discovered in a backpack near the bicycle. Quesen was still in the Allegheny County Jail on Tuesday morning, awaiting his arraignment.
Officer Benjamin Brallier Obituary and Funeral Arrangements will be Released by the Family
Allegheny County officials were dispatched to the Montour Trail before 3 p.m. Monday, in the 1900 block of Hassam Road, on reports of an injured male. When officials got on the scene, they discovered 44-year-old Benjamin Brallier with a stab wound. Brallier was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. Moon Township Police requested assistance from the Allegheny County Police Department’s Homicide Unit, and detectives have begun an investigation.
The Allegheny County Police Department stated that during their initial investigation of the area, officers discovered a bike and a backpack near where the body was found. County Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating the owner of the bicycle.
Anyone with information is requested to call the County Police Tip Line at 833-ALL-TIPS. Officials were also on the site for several hours after the event for a reported SWAT situation that began near the AHN Soccer Complex on State Avenue.
