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During the investigation of a abduction case Shannon's and Kim's dogs correctly gave a vehicle pick-up indication .......... they do not claim to believe or disbelieve the validity of the woman's claim only that a pick-up did occur

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Their continued work leads to an arrest

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Body of Missing 19 Year Old Found

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Coast searched for missing Ballycastle woman Karen Coyles

Sept 15, 2011

Two dive teams are to join in the search for missing Ballycastle woman Karen Coyles. Ms Coyles, 47, has not been seen since Sunday night. Her car was found outside the camogie club in Ballycastle at about 07:45 BST on Monday.

Police investigating her disappearance are focusing on a section of the north Antrim coastline.  Area Commander for Moyle, Chief Inspector Sean Fitzpatrick said:

"Extensive searches of the Ballycastle area have been carried out by police officers, sniffer dogs, helicopter and the local community.

 Divers examined the bottom of a cliff face on Wednesday after a search and rescue dog had indicated there were some clues.

INBTI Asst. Instructor Deputy Michael Szelc and his K9, Chase were hot on the heels of two boys who went missing in the woods!

Published: September 06, 2011

SUTHERLIN --

When Robin Stevens could not find her two young sons, Brandon, 8, and Blake, 6, her worst nightmares formed in her mind.However, after four and half hours and a police search, the two boys were returned after getting lost in the woods near their Sutherlin home.Stevens said her sons were in the yard playing with their yellow Labrador retriever, Sandy, on Monday afternoon when she realized she did not hear them anymore.“We probably searched for them for 30 or 45 minutes before I got really scared,” said Stevens. “It was just so unlike them to do that. They know not to leave without telling us.”

At first, she thought they were just hiding, but hours later when the boys had not returned Stevens was living out her worst fears. The Pittsylvania County and Halifax County sheriff’s offices were involved in the search, as well as the Virginia State Police who deployed the K-9 and aviation units to look for the boys.

They were on their way to town when they spotted the two boys and their dog walking up a hill on Glass Mill Road just a little more than a mile from their house. “They were soaking wet,” said Karen Alderson. “I asked if they knew that everyone was looking for them and they said they saw the helicopter.”

The boys suffered from some minor cuts on their feet since they were not wearing shoes, but were physically OK. Stevens said Blake had wandered in the woods to follow the dog and Brandon only followed him to make sure his little brother did not get hurt by himself. After going deep in the woods, the boys said they got turned around and could not find their way back. When they were finally brought home, both were scared they were going to be in trouble until their mother assured them otherwise.

Virginia state police Sgt. M.C. Davis said that the helicopter may not have seen the boys because the forest was so thick, but the areas it could not cover were investigated by the K-9 unit, which was just shortly away from where the boys were found.

“We just want to thank everyone in Pittsylvania County and Halifax County and all the police,” said a tearful Stevens. “We are just so thankful.”

One week earlier Szelc and his K9 were also involved in a case about a man who claimed he was stabbed but the K9 told them differently!

Spotsylvania man charged in home invasion

Date published: 1/15/2011

BY KEITH EPPS

A young Spotsylvania County man is accused of breaking into the home of an older woman he had visited earlier in the day and trying to rob her at gunpoint, police said.

Sheriff’s Lt. Col. Michael Timm said the incident took place late Thursday in the 5400 block of Towles Mill Road. Police said the suspect returned to the home alone late Thursday wearing a mask. He entered the home with a long gun and pointed it at the victim while demanding her purse and medication, police said. The woman refused to give him anything, Timm said, and the suspect eventually ran off in an unknown direction. The victim told police she thought she recognized the suspect’s voice, so deputies went to her friend’s home a few houses away. They found the male suspect there and brought him back to the victim’s home.

Timm said police let their bloodhound, Maggie, sniff an item of clothing the man was wearing. The dog then tracked a scent from the victim’s house and went directly to the home were the man had been initially located, Timm said. Inside the home, police found the gun and the mask believed to have been used in the attempted robbery. The man made a statement about the incident and was arrested, Timm said. James Author Mosley was charged with breaking and entering, attempted robbery, wearing a mask in public and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was placed in the Rappahannock Regional Jail under no bond.

Link: http://fredericksburg.com/News/Web/2011/012011/0115spot1 

Missing girl, 14, found safe in Park City

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Published: 7/13 8:44 am

WICHITA, Kansas -- Wichita Police say a teenage girl who had been missing for 12 hours was found safe and sound in a Park City home.  Police are still investigating to determine the circumstances of her disappearance.

Police used a helicopter, mounted units and canine units to assist in the search.

Heidi explains how they assist their community and reads her dog's direction of trail indication after prescenting

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Deputies with the Covington County Sheriff’s Office, including dog handler Chad Clark, were recognized Thursday for their role in the capture of an escaped Coffee County Jail inmate.  A call to the CCSO got a quick response including Covington County’s tracking dog, Tracker. The escapee scaled two fences and faced a guard dog in the daring escape.  The guard dog bit him near his femoral artery, and by the time the tracking dog found him, he had nearly bled out.  Tracker did what he was trained to do, tracked the escapee into the woods and then "Looked up," and there he was nearly dead in a tree!

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Authorities investigating death of Spotsylvania man who was shot, dragged into woods

BY KEITH EPPS

Date published: 1/18/2011

BY KEITH EPPS

A young Spotsylvania County man was shot and killed, then dragged into the woods late Sunday, police said.

Sidney Haywood Rouse Jr., 20, was shot in the head with a .22-caliber rifle at a home in the 5100 block of Cottonwood Court, Sheriff's Lt. Col. Michael Timm said. Rouse's body was found about 250 feet into the nearby woods by a police dog.

Timm said police don't yet know what led to the slaying, but investigators have a suspect and were continuing to interview possible witnesses yesterday.

Timm said deputies went to the home in the area of the Breezewood Shopping Center about 11:40 p.m. and were greeted by a young woman who told them the body was on the back porch. Deputies went to the back porch and found no one.

A canine handler was called to the scene. His first track led to the street, as if someone had left in a vehicle, Timm said. The dog tried again and this time led police into the woods, where they came upon the fallen body.

When the victim did not respond to verbal commands, deputies approached and found no pulse.

Timm said police could see marks on the ground indicating that the body had been dragged from the residence. Rouse did not live at the home.

Timm said four or five people were hanging out at the home when police arrived, but most of them claimed to have arrived after the incident took place.

Timm said police got little helpful information during the initial probe but were hoping to have more success yesterday.

David's trail led to the arrest and conviction

DENTON - The capital murder trial of Noah Robert Whitehead, one of three people charged in the death of an Allen cabdriver in July 2009, is set to begin Monday in 362nd District Court. Whitehead, 24, of Roanoke is charged with luring cabdriver Hooshang Vatanpour, 56, to an isolated area in Denton County by hiring him in Dallas to drive to Wichita Falls on July 2, 2009. According to sheriff's reports, he and fellow defendant William Kirk "Billy" Stephens, 24, of Haslet allegedly directed Vatanpour to John Day Road in far southwest Denton County. Stephens also has been charged with capital murder, but his trial date has not been set.
The two men are charged with stabbing and bludgeoning Vatanpour to death, driving his van to a remote gas well site, setting his body on fire and hiding the cab a few miles away. Mariesha Lynne Ohlfs, 33, of Argyle has been charged with aggravated robbery in the case. Authorities believe she helped the men by bringing them gasoline to set the fire and driving them from the scene. Her trial is to begin Jan. 24. The state expects jury selection in Whitehead's trial to take only a day, since prosecutors are seeking a life sentence and not the death penalty, First Assistant District Attorney Jamie Beck said.
Whitehead's trial is expected to last about a week.

Maryland man arrested in Spotsylvania holdup

Another bungling bank robber caught, this time in Spotsylvania.

Date published: 11/23/2010

BY KEITH EPPS

A man suspected of robbing a Spotsylvania County bank yesterday was arrested a short time later after a deputy spotted what's believed to be the getaway car--which was sporting Texas tags.

By 4:19 p.m., Gill said, Deputy J. Slate was pursuing the vehicle near Leavells and Harrison roads. The driver crashed the rental car in the 5200 block of Harrison Road and fled on foot.

Deputies flooded the area, and a police dog tracked the man to Kingswood subdivision.

A couple was out in their yard on Queensberry Circle when deputies asked them to go into the house, Gill said. The man was found hiding in their garage a few minutes later.