Arizona Cop Suspended After Department s K-9 Dies In Hot Car
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Officer Craig Curry left K-9 Ike in his patrol car with its engine running as he attended a meeting
The car s engine was no longer running when he came back to the car an hour and 40 minutes later
Ike was first brought to a vet in Maricopa but was transferred to a veterinarian in Gilbert
The K-9 was euthanized the following morning due to complications with heatstroke
A Maricopa Police Department officer has been given an unpaid 20-hour suspension for the death of his K-9 partner who had been left in a hot car.
Maricopa PD officer suspended 20 hours after K-9 partner left in car died of heatstroke
The officer went inside for a meeting at police headquarters, leaving K-9 Ike in the vehicle with the engine on. After the meeting, he found the vehicle not running. Author: Cameron La Fontaine Updated: 11:48 AM MST February 12, 2021
Editor s note: The above video is from a June 2020 newscast
MARICOPA, Ariz. The Maricopa Police Department said it concluded an internal investigation into the hot car death of police K-9 Ike in June of last year and the department has issued a 20-hour unpaid suspension to Ike s handler.
“We are deeply saddened by the line of duty death of K-9 Officer Ike,” Maricopa Police Chief Jim Hughes said in a statement. “This was a preventable death and we are taking corrective action to ensure this never happens again.”
The I-Team obtained police records that indicate there were also four additional complaints that were never investigated. Author: Bianca Buono Updated: 4:02 AM MST December 17, 2020
MARICOPA, Ariz. The 12 News I-Team has obtained new police records associated with a horrific child abuse case out of Maricopa.
The case that received nationwide attention involved Machelle Hobson, who faced a laundry list of felony child abuse and kidnapping charges stemming from the alleged treatment of her adopted children.
Police records obtained by the 12 News I-Team detail a long history of abuse allegations against Hobson and Arizona s Department of Child safety knew about it.
Hobson became known as the YouTube Mom after she was arrested in March 2019, accused of beating her seven adopted children with hangers, pepper-spraying them, forcing them to take ice baths and locking them in a closet for days at a time without food, water or access to a bathroom.