{"id":25886,"date":"2021-06-09T23:03:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T03:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=25886"},"modified":"2021-06-09T23:03:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T03:03:18","slug":"dec-environmental-conservation-police-officer-highlights-k9-handley-comes-in-handy-in-search-for-suspects-genesee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/06\/09\/dec-environmental-conservation-police-officer-highlights-k9-handley-comes-in-handy-in-search-for-suspects-genesee-county\/","title":{"rendered":"DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights\/K9 Handley Comes in Handy in Search for Suspects &#8211; Genesee County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From recent ECO Actions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 24th, ECO Fuerch and K9 Handley assisted the Genesee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office with tracking two suspects after a vehicle pursuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident began when a Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and attempted to stop it, but the driver refused to comply. The vehicle continued through the town of Oakfield before coming to an intersection where it went airborne into a field. The vehicle struck a tree in the field but kept going. A backseat passenger jumped out of the moving vehicle and was taken into custody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vehicle eventually stopped in the field and the two remaining occupants fled on foot. ECO Fuerch was working in the area at the time and joined the search for the suspects with K9 Handley. K9 Handley led the officers to a nearby residence where they were advised that a neighbor gave the two suspects a ride to Walmart in Batavia. Deputies located them at the Walmart and arrested them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charges include 3rd degree criminal possession of a weapon, 4th degree criminal possession of a weapon, unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, 4th degree criminal mischief, 2nd degree obstructing governmental administration, and 3rd degree aggravated unlicensed operation. The driver was also wanted in Michigan for being a parole absconder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From recent ECO Actions On May 24th, ECO Fuerch and K9 Handley assisted the Genesee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office with tracking two suspects after a vehicle pursuit. The incident began when a Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and attempted to stop it, but the \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/06\/09\/dec-environmental-conservation-police-officer-highlights-k9-handley-comes-in-handy-in-search-for-suspects-genesee-county\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[718,2638],"class_list":["post-25886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-dec","tag-environmental-conservation-police"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-6Jw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29443,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/12\/02\/genesee-orleans-county-three-charged-after-pursuit-through-two-counties\/","url_meta":{"origin":25886,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE\/ORLEANS COUNTY\/Three charged after pursuit through two counties","author":"aka","date":"December 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"On Monday, December 1, 2021 at 10:19p.m., NYS ENCON Officer Fuerch was investigating a conservation violation in the area of Horseshoe Lake road and Sanders road in Stafford, and was attempting to make contact with the suspect vehicle by activating her emergency lights. 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