Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Police dog tracks suspect in vehicle break-in to bush

Victoria police dog Jonny and handler Const. Aaron Spargo teamed up to make an arrest early Monday after someone broke into a vehicle in the 100 block of Gorge Road East. Police received a report about 3:30 a.m.
xxxVictoria police car - generic
...

Victoria police dog Jonny and handler Const. Aaron Spargo teamed up to make an arrest early Monday after someone broke into a vehicle in the 100 block of Gorge Road East.

Police received a report about 3:30 a.m. after someone broke a window in the vehicle and got into the trunk. The person had fled by the time police arrived.

Jonny was able to pick up a track and located a suspect in a bush close to the nearby intersection of Harriet Road and Chown Place.

The suspect was arrested without incident and taken to police cells.