A suspect is now in custody in Hillsborough thanks to one of the department’s K-9 officers.
Norris Foushee. Photo via Hillsborough Police.
Police say K-9 Vader was part of a dispatch to a call around 11:30 Monday morning about a wanted suspect fleeing on foot near Sherwood Lane.
Vader led the officers for approximately a quarter mile “through woods and fields, on and off trails,” before catching the suspect – 56-year-old Norris Foushee of Hillsborough. Foushee was taken into custody on warrants of breaking and entering and violating a court order, according to authorities.
Foushee was taken into custody without incident when caught by the officer and Vader.
“Vader trains for this every single day,” Hillsborough Police Corporal Scott Foster said in a release. “[Monday], he had to do a track through the woods and tall grass, backtrack and make turns. Then he still located the suspect concealed in a field of tall grass. It just shows that how hard we train can pay off and there is one more bad guy off the street because of it.”
Foushee is being held without bond in the Orange County Jail at last update.
Police say that “as is tradition,” Vader received a soft-serve ice cream cone as an extra reward for his work on Monday.
still cats are better though losers