Lake County Sheriff’s K9 Dax and his partner, Deputy John Forlenza, found and helped apprehend a man who allegedly battered a family member in Beach Park overnight on Saturday. Dax also located an unresponsive woman near Libertyville the next day. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 2 a.m. Saturday to a residence in the […]
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Canine Dax finds man accused of beating and strangling girlfriend in Ingleside
Lake County Sheriff Canine Dax is once again being recognized after he helped locate a man who allegedly beat and strangled his girlfriend in Ingleside and then located a missing endangered woman in North Chicago over the weekend. Jonathon R. Pletz, 45, of the 34500 block of North Wilson Road in Ingleside, was charged with […]
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Lake County Canine Dax places top dog at competition, then finds missing suicidal man in Vernon Hills
Just two weeks after being named the nation’s top Law Enforcement Hero Dog, Lake County Sheriff Canine Dax placed top-dog at a regional competition and then located a missing man on his first shift back. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said that Deputy John Forlenza and Canine Dax traveled to Sterling Heights, Michigan this past […]