MIAMI — Franky the drug dog’s supersensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police dog’s sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff an unconstitutional search? Florida’s highest state court has said [...]
BERTHOUD, Colo. – Investigators in Larimer County want to find the person responsible for a disturbing case of animal cruelty. Two dogs were found mutilated outside of Berthoud last week. The dogs were discovered just a few miles apart. They were so badly abused that veterinarians can’t even tell what breed they were. The first [...]
Authorities in Oklahoma are mourning the loss of a beloved police K-9 that was found dead under suspicious circumstances Saturday. “We sent him off to a vet,” where they will perform a necropsy on the dog, said Moore Police Officer Jeremy Lewis. According to police, Bak, a 5-year-old German shepherd, was last seen Friday night [...]
MARYLAND – A man in a “Frosty the Snowman” costume was led away in handcuffs Saturday morning during the town’s annual Christmas parade, charged with assault and disorderly conduct. Police identified the man as Kevin Michael Walsh, 52, of Chestertown. Walsh was charged with assaulting two police officers and a police dog, according to Sgt. [...]
Buster tried to stop the bad guys. When his home in St. Paul was burglarized, the 9-year-old boxer fought and wound up getting stabbed. He suffered more than nine wounds to his chest, face and shoulder. His teeth were kicked in. His jaw was left exposed. Sometime Thursday morning, at least one person broke into [...]
Our condolences to Jennifer Thomas on her loss. KELSO, Wash. – An English Bulldog that a Woodland, Wash., woman said was stolen from outside her home earlier this month and held for ransom was found dead by railroad tracks in Kelso, Wash., according to the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said a Kelso [...]
The couple whose pit bulls fatally mauled a Truth or Consequences woman on Easter were jailed Tuesday after two Child Protective Services employees came forward with information about the dogs’ aggressive temperament. John Hardiman, 40, and his wife, 32-year-old Maria Angelica “Angie” Hardiman face charges of conspiracy and four felony counts of violating the New [...]
