Two new Lake County sheriff's canines were sworn in and over two dozen citizens and sheriff's employees were recognized at an awards ceremony in Waukegan Thursday afternoon.
Expert nose of police dog Dax helps save Ingleside man s life Lake County sheriff s Deputy John Forlenza and police dog Dax helped save the life of a man in Ingleside early Monday morning. courtesy of Lake County Sheriff s Office
Updated 4/19/2021 3:31 PM
Dax, one of the county s most celebrated police dogs, and the humans of the Lake County sheriff s office helped save the life of a 37-year-old Ingleside man early Monday morning.
Officers were called to a house on the 35800 block of North Hunt Avenue because of a report that a person was threatening to take his own life. When officers arrived around 12:20 a.m., they learned a man had injured himself and fled the house on foot, according to Lake County sheriff s spokesman Lt. Christopher Covelli.
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