K-9 Brings Lost Boy Home in Time the Holidays

A Seminole County Sheriff’s K-9 named Amber gets the credit for making sure a Sanford family has a Merry Christmas.

The 2 ½-year-old bloodhound was called in to track Vincentio Spears when he was reported missing Saturday, Click Orlando reported. The child has special needs so his wandering away from home was quite disconcerting to his mother, Stephanie Spears, and law enforcement officers involved in the search, the station reported.

Deputies brought in a helicopter and called in Amber to search for the child. It’s Amber, however, who gets the credit for bringing the child home safely.

Amber, who is the sheriff’s office newest K-9, was named by residents through a Facebook contest. Though only just finished with her tracking training, she came through like a champ, her human handler, Deputy John Locklan told WPTV.

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“She tracked for 1.5 miles with the GPS and it was like one hour where she came up and frightened the little boy,” the station quoted Locklan as saying.

The boy had managed to wander about an mile and a half through the woods before Amber caught up with him. Since the woods he wandered into happen to have lakes, ditches and snakes, the concern for his safety was high, his Stephanie Spears told WESH.com.

As for Locklan, he couldn’t be prouder of Amber or happier with the job he does.

“It’s really neat that we can go out and protect and serve, and find lost little children. It’s an awesome job and I get to do it,” the station quoted him as saying.

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