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Police Chief Gets Snapping Turtle Off Road: Video
Woodstock Police Chief John Lieb removed the angry snapping turtle from a road in Lakewood last week. The rescue was captured on video.
WOODSTOCK, IL — It's not every day a police chief comes to the rescue of a snapping turtle. But Woodstock Police Department Chief John Lieb did last week when he saw a "poor little snapper" trying to cross a road in Lakewood, according to a post on the Woodstock Police Department Facebook page.
Lieb was headed back from a meeting with Deputy Chief Jeff Parsons and Deputy Chief Ray Lanz when they group decided to pull over to help the turtle. Lieb put on gloves and carefully picked up the angry turtle.
"Come on buddy," he said as he rushed him off the roadway.
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Parson and Lanz provided support and stood by to "assist if medical attention should be needed," according to the Facebook post.
They also captured the police chief's "daily good deed" on video.
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