A police dog caught a suspect in the stick-up of a Mesa convenience store early Thursday.
The unidentified juvenile suffered puncture wounds to his upper right thigh when K-9 Jake bit him, police said. After treatment at Banner Baywood Medical Center, the suspect was arrested and booked.
According to police, around 1:30 a.m. a white male carrying a black backpack and wearing a grey hooded zip-up sweatshirt and a black bandana entered the Shell station at 6806 E. Brown Road. He displayed a handgun, took money and cigarettes, and then ran north on Power Road.
Responding police saw the suspect running through the parking lot of a church in the 1400 block of North Power Road. Soon after, police found the backpack, which contained the money, cigarettes and a pellet handgun.
While searching the east side of 67th street between Princess Drive and McLellan Road, an officer and Jake flushed the suspect from his hiding location.
The suspect ran west to 1508 N. 67th St., where he attempted to hide in a child’s tree house. Jake again found the suspect and made the capture.
Mesa police dog captures suspected robberOctober 30th, 2008, 10:58 am · 4 Comments · posted by Mike Branom4 CommentsLeave a Reply |
Those police dogs are amazing!!
That’s a good boy Jake!!!
Good dog!
Extra chow for that dog for the next 2 weeks.