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Botany

(77,324 posts)
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:03 PM May 2015

Police Dog Rescues Deputy After He's Ambushed By 3 Men

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by TexasTowelie (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/deputy-ambushed-woods-men

A police K-9 came to the rescue of an officer who was being ambushed by three men and the dog most likely saved his life, authorities said today.

Deputy Todd Frazier was traveling along a remote stretch of Highway 90 in Pearlington, Mississippi, on Monday when he saw a blue Lincoln Town Car at a deserted rest stop, said Sheriff Ricky Adam of the Hancock County Sheriff's Department.

"Two individuals surprised Deputy Frazier from the shadows and an altercation ensued," Adam said. "One cut him across the forehead with a razor, one choked him, and one grabbed his legs to carry him to the edge of the woods."

Frazier was able to hit a button to release his K-9, Lucas, a black Belgian Malinois, from his car, Adam said. Lucas bit the attackers, who then tried to flee in their car.


Read more: ABC



Whose a good doggie? Dats my good boy! Treats and belly rubs for Lucas.




BTW the police got DNA from blood stains on Lucas.

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If you do lock it then you don't like dogs.
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Police Dog Rescues Deputy After He's Ambushed By 3 Men (Original Post) Botany May 2015 OP
Good dog!! Don't like bullies, or killers, blue or not. n/t jtuck004 May 2015 #1
Good doggie! A prime rib dinner for you! The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #2
Can he sleep on the couch tonight? Botany May 2015 #5
Any damn place he pleases. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #6
K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 May 2015 #3
Make sure you put a roof on the kennel before you get one jmowreader May 2015 #19
Thanks for that. red dog 1 May 2015 #20
Beautiful dog! And also a hero! K&R! Rhiannon12866 May 2015 #4
I wonder why the men ambushed him. nt valerief May 2015 #7
It was a secluded rest stop, red dog 1 May 2015 #15
Or maybe they knew him and had a personal reason. nt valerief May 2015 #16
Anything's possible. red dog 1 May 2015 #18
it was something to do. Bill USA May 2015 #23
Good boy! DawgHouse May 2015 #8
"If you do lock it then you don't like dogs." Classic!!! nt 7962 May 2015 #9
I was gonna write if you lock this thread then Lucas will have to come and "visit w/you" Botany May 2015 #14
Good boy, Lucas! MissDeeds May 2015 #10
Squee! shenmue May 2015 #11
That link doesn't work red dog 1 May 2015 #12
My Adnoid won't work either, and it won't do videos at all. Eleanors38 May 2015 #24
Nice going, pup! Wilms May 2015 #13
Rare these days to say "good job". Figures that's another species. Good dog! mahannah May 2015 #17
Rhodesian Ridgeback JPZenger May 2015 #21
I can believe it magical thyme May 2015 #26
Your story reminded me of the cat Snobblevitch May 2015 #35
from USA Today 5/28/15 irisblue May 2015 #22
Good dog! secondvariety May 2015 #25
Lucas deserves a medal. okasha May 2015 #27
Malinois are also the dog chosen by the Secret Service... MicaelS May 2015 #28
When I was at kid, I had a dog who looked just like that. Hassin Bin Sober May 2015 #34
Looks like the link went bad. ManiacJoe May 2015 #29
Who's a good boy? ColesCountyDem May 2015 #30
Here's a working link: etherealtruth May 2015 #31
Lucas is my officer of the week. Good boy!! bravenak May 2015 #32
Belgian Malinois have superior work ethic..... Historic NY May 2015 #33
Locking thread. TexasTowelie May 2015 #36
 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
1. Good dog!! Don't like bullies, or killers, blue or not. n/t
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:08 PM
May 2015

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,537 posts)
2. Good doggie! A prime rib dinner for you!
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:10 PM
May 2015

Botany

(77,324 posts)
5. Can he sleep on the couch tonight?
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:15 PM
May 2015
VO

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,537 posts)
6. Any damn place he pleases.
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:16 PM
May 2015

He probably sleeps on the deputy's bed.

red dog 1

(33,063 posts)
3. K&R...Thanks for posting
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:13 PM
May 2015

A "black Belgian Malinois"?

I want one!

jmowreader

(53,194 posts)
19. Make sure you put a roof on the kennel before you get one
Fri May 29, 2015, 03:11 PM
May 2015

They are purportedly the best fence-jumpers in the dog world.

red dog 1

(33,063 posts)
20. Thanks for that.
Fri May 29, 2015, 03:18 PM
May 2015

I used to have a Doberman who, (before I had him neutered), would climb the Ivy on the back fence in order to get to the female dog in my neighbor's yard.

Rhiannon12866

(255,530 posts)
4. Beautiful dog! And also a hero! K&R!
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:14 PM
May 2015

valerief

(53,235 posts)
7. I wonder why the men ambushed him. nt
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:21 PM
May 2015

red dog 1

(33,063 posts)
15. It was a secluded rest stop,
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:59 PM
May 2015

They might have been waiting to car-jack someone, or something even more sinister.

It's possible that when the deputy pulled in, they felt they had no other choice but to kill him, or else risk being arrested or shot by him.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
16. Or maybe they knew him and had a personal reason. nt
Fri May 29, 2015, 03:00 PM
May 2015

red dog 1

(33,063 posts)
18. Anything's possible.
Fri May 29, 2015, 03:10 PM
May 2015

It could have been a "set-up".

He may have arrested one of them before.

Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
23. it was something to do.
Fri May 29, 2015, 03:51 PM
May 2015

DawgHouse

(4,019 posts)
8. Good boy!
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:26 PM
May 2015
 

7962

(11,841 posts)
9. "If you do lock it then you don't like dogs." Classic!!! nt
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:36 PM
May 2015

Botany

(77,324 posts)
14. I was gonna write if you lock this thread then Lucas will have to come and "visit w/you"
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:59 PM
May 2015

Loves me some doggies

 

MissDeeds

(7,499 posts)
10. Good boy, Lucas!
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:36 PM
May 2015

Love stories like this. Thanks for sharing, Botany.

K&R

shenmue

(38,598 posts)
11. Squee!
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:43 PM
May 2015

red dog 1

(33,063 posts)
12. That link doesn't work
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:53 PM
May 2015

I got to the ABC News story using Google

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
24. My Adnoid won't work either, and it won't do videos at all.
Fri May 29, 2015, 03:52 PM
May 2015
 

Wilms

(26,795 posts)
13. Nice going, pup!
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:55 PM
May 2015

Can I scratch your ear?

mahannah

(893 posts)
17. Rare these days to say "good job". Figures that's another species. Good dog!
Fri May 29, 2015, 03:04 PM
May 2015

JPZenger

(6,819 posts)
21. Rhodesian Ridgeback
Fri May 29, 2015, 03:36 PM
May 2015

About 10 years ago, a previously-convicted child molester snuck into a house and kidnapped a little girl from her bedroom. He was carrying the girl when he saw the family dog sitting and waiting for him at the bottom of the steps. It was a Rhodesian Ridgeback - which was bred to hunt lions. The guy dropped the girl and tried to run.

The police were able to easily get a conviction because they could match the missing shards of flesh to the dog's bitemark.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
26. I can believe it
Fri May 29, 2015, 04:24 PM
May 2015

My rescue Luna is a Rhodie-cross. When I'd had him for just a couple months, a neighbor's dog visited my minifarm. Luna was running for his life -- terrified of other dogs -- and stopped at the top of the hill to look back. He saw the neighbor's ~125 pound dog starting to launch at me.

Little 45 pound Luna forgot his fears and came flying back down the hill. All I saw was a shrieking, yellow blur. He launched for the neighbor's dog's throat, stayed on his shoulder all the way across our property, stopped at the perimeter stone wall and ran back and forth along the wall shrieking like a banshee the entire time.

They'll stop at nothing to protect their family.

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)
35. Your story reminded me of the cat
Fri May 29, 2015, 11:56 PM
May 2015

that saved the four year old boy from the neighbors' attacking dog.

irisblue

(37,512 posts)
22. from USA Today 5/28/15
Fri May 29, 2015, 03:41 PM
May 2015

..."Hero K9 Lucas, who helped rescue a Mississippi deputy from an ambush attack by three men, is recovering and expected to be "fine," Hancock County Sheriff's Department said.
"While Canine Lucas suffered a torn ligament, some broken teeth and road rash, we are happy to report that though he is still recovering, he is expected to be fine," the department wrote on its Facebook page on May 27." The dog bit at least one of the suspects, potentially saving the officer's life.
"We don't know how many he got, we just know he had blood all over him,"


The release button is only on 2 of the 4 K9 cars and was only recently installed. I bet they are installing them on the other 2 cars today. It sounds like it was a very very close call.

secondvariety

(1,245 posts)
25. Good dog!
Fri May 29, 2015, 04:16 PM
May 2015

I hope he bit the shit out of that scumbag.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
27. Lucas deserves a medal.
Fri May 29, 2015, 04:28 PM
May 2015

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
28. Malinois are also the dog chosen by the Secret Service...
Fri May 29, 2015, 04:36 PM
May 2015

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,461 posts)
34. When I was at kid, I had a dog who looked just like that.
Fri May 29, 2015, 11:19 PM
May 2015

I remember my dad saying he thought he was a Belgian Shepherd. He even joked about selling him to the Air Force.

My brother and I bought him at a pet store for $29 dollars. My parents were pissed. But they both cried like babies when Maynard died 12 years later. He was a great dog.

ManiacJoe

(10,138 posts)
29. Looks like the link went bad.
Fri May 29, 2015, 04:54 PM
May 2015

ColesCountyDem

(6,944 posts)
30. Who's a good boy?
Fri May 29, 2015, 05:04 PM
May 2015

Good boy, Lucas!

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
32. Lucas is my officer of the week. Good boy!!
Fri May 29, 2015, 06:23 PM
May 2015

Historic NY

(40,037 posts)
33. Belgian Malinois have superior work ethic.....
Fri May 29, 2015, 07:43 PM
May 2015

their speed makes their hits harder.

TexasTowelie

(127,350 posts)
36. Locking thread.
Sat May 30, 2015, 12:54 AM
May 2015

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