STURBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - A Massachusetts State Police K9 has been credited with tracking down a suspect who allegedly shattered a Walmart display case and ran off with more than $1,000 in jewelry, officials announced Tuesday.
Trooper Ken Hanchett and his K9 partner, Orry, responded to the Walmart on Charlton Road in Sturbridge on Friday around 5:30 p.m. after learning of the robbery, according to state police.
Orry reportedly acquired the suspect’s scent and began tracking along the woods behind the store and up to a fenced-in area containing propane tanks before continuing on through thick vegetation and wetlands.
The suspect was found a short while later hiding under a generator near Bay Path University.
“Trooper Hanchett issued commands to surrender or face apprehension by Orry, and the suspect was taken into custody without incident,” state police said in a news release.
The suspect is said to have had a felony warrant for illegally possessing a large-capacity firearm and drug charges.
Sturbridge police are now leading an investigation into the alleged robbery.
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