Overview
- The funeral began at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Parish in Franklin, followed by a 12:30 p.m. procession along Route 140 through Franklin, Bellingham and Mendon to Uxbridge.
- Hundreds of officers and first responders attended the wake on Wednesday at St. Mary’s, lining the steps to pay respects.
- LaPorta, 43, was outside his cruiser helping a driver on icy Route 146 near mile marker 5.6 when a tractor-trailer fatally struck him around 12:40 a.m. on Jan. 7.
- Uxbridge officials closed town offices and public schools for the funeral, and flags were ordered to fly at half-staff.
- He served 17 years as a Mendon police dispatcher before joining Uxbridge as a full-time officer in June 2024 and leaves a wife and 13-year-old son.