Crime & Safety
CSP Canine Nabs Suspect After Stafford Protective Order Incident
State police dog Apollo was credited with an arrest last week in Stafford.
STAFFORD, CT — A Massachusetts man was apprehended by a state police canine after fleeing a home while violating a protective order, an arrest report indicates.
The incident took place on Sunset Ridge Road in Stafford on Aug. 21, state police said.
The 37-year-old Man from Monson, MA, exited the home and ran away after realizing state troopers had been called about him violating a protective order, according to an arrest report.
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State Trooper Michael Nisbet and canine Apollo were deployed and, after an extensive tracking period, found the man hiding in a loft inside and outbuilding on the property, according to an arrest report.
The man was charged with not only violating a protective order, but second-degree criminal mischief and interfering with police as well, according to an arrest report.
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