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 Mixing
smart dogs with not-so-smart criminals always leads to the same thing:
another chapter in The Scoop's Canine Crime Blotter. Before you settle in to watch another re-run of The
Sopranos, how about a dose of what the real world is all about?
"Come Out with Your Paws Up!"
 RUSSELL, Manitoba (Canada) — At
last report, the armed fugitive Thomas Edward Borecky, 34, of Powell
River, B.C., is still at large and being sought by police. However,
the man's dog has turned itself in peacefully.
The Canadian
Press reported last week that a Blue Heeler believed to have been
seen cavorting with Borecky appeared at the back door to the detachment
office of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Manitoba on Aug. 22.
Borecky, who eluded RCMP in Saskatchewan and Manitoba twice this month
during high-speed police chases, is wanted for possession of narcotics and
has a history of violence and weapons offences, says Const. Matt Robinson
of the RCMP.
Saturday night, Aug. 17, on the Trans-Canada Highway near Fleming,
Saskatchewan, police pulled over a suspect driving a truck with two dogs
in the back, however the driver of the truck fled the scene and escaped by
driving through fields. The next morning, Mounties pulled over the
same truck near Russell (320km west of Winnipeg), but the man again eluded
police, this time by driving the truck straight at the RCMP vehicle.
"He did a U-turn and came at them, and they were forced to get off
the road," says Const. Robinson.
Later, the truck was found abandoned in a field near Russell.
Borecky was last seen fleeing on foot with two duffel bags.
Police have not commented on what they plan to do with the Blue Heeler,
nor if the dog will be arraigned on any charges. The dog's peaceful
surrender, however, will likely be a mitigating circumstance in court,
should the pooch opt for a flea bargain.
"Where were you on the night of—?" Pictured
is "Sweety" (#2975), a one-year-old Cattle Dog/Blue Heeler mutt
available for adoption from the North
Cariboo District Branch SPCA in B.C. Click on her picture for
more info, or visit petfinder.org
to search for a shelter dog in Canada or the USA.
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 "Ruff Up the Usual Suspects"
BRISBANE (Australia) — A
four-pawed police officer has been credited with apprehending four fleeing
suspects after a routine traffic stop got out of hand on Tuesday.
The State
of Queensland reports that police attempted to stop a speeding
vehicle along Ipswich Road, Moorooka, on Brisbane's south side at about 1am,
Aug. 27.
Police say they clocked the vehicle on radar and
signaled for the driver to pull over. But instead of stopping, the vehicle sped through the
radar site, narrowly missing one police officer and running over the
shoe of a second officer. (Yes, I guess you could say that the car
escaped ...on foot. Ouch.)
The officers attempted to pursue the car but lost sight of it. A
short time later, the report says, a dog squad unit spotted the vehicle
driving without lights and at high speed. The car was pulled over;
however the four occupants attempted to run away when confronted by the
lone dog squad officer Const. Sean Chapman and his police dog, "Bodie".
Bodie chased and rounded up all four fugitives, with a 42-year-old man
receiving several bites that required hospital treatment. The
21-year-old driver was charged with two counts of dangerous driving, one
count of disqualified driving and one of having false number plates.
Left to right: Senior Const. Guy Baldwin with Police Dog
"Kaiser" (N.Z.); Const. Sean Chapman with "Bodie" (QLD);
and Const. Glen Wilson with "Geordie" (QLD) took 1st, 2nd and
3rd place, respectively, at the 2001 Australian and New Zealand Police Dog
Handlers Championship last November. (Photo: German
Shepherd Dog Club of Victoria)
UPDATE: Verdict on "Racist Dog"
(see Canine Crime Blotter June
2002)
McKEES ROCKS, Penn. (USA) — The Centre
Daily Times reports that after a two-month investigation,
officials have found no evidence that "Dolpho", a 5-year-old
German shepherd, was singling out blacks while on patrol.
McKees Rocks council member Wanda
Jones Dixon sought to have the K-9 put to sleep in June,
claiming that the dog attacked people based on race. However, the
investigation clears both Dolpho and his handler, Officer Barger, from any
wrongdoing in the June 7 incident in which the dog mistakenly went after a
bystander. The report further indicates that Dolpho has never shown
any evidence of "racial profiling" in his 2 years with the
force.
Ms. Dixon, however, still stands by her accusation that "the dog
only attacks African-Americans." An AP report stated
that the accusation was based on six
complaints Ms. Dixon received, three of which were from people involved in
drugs.
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