Police dog fatally stabbed

Published 2:27 pm Saturday, April 2, 2011

Associated Press

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Clark County sheriff’s dog was stabbed to death early Saturday as he tried to detain a suspect.

The police K-9, named Kane, was working with sheriff’s deputies to find two suspects who had fled from a stolen vehicle after trying to ram a police ca

r. Police say the dog tried to detain one of the suspects and was stabbed.

Kane died at an animal hospital. He worked as a police dog for the past six years and was set to retire next year.

Deputies arrested Keegan Graves, 31, of La Center, on suspicion of harming a police dog, auto theft and attempting to elude a police officer. They also arrested Natasa Cresap, 22, of Yacolt, on an outstanding Department of Corrections warrant.