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On Tuesday March 6th around 1:45 a.m., Troopers Stephen Weddleton and Jacob Haas attempted to stop a vehicle in Quincy. The vehicle failed to stop, and troopers did not pursue the vehicle due to unsafe conditions. A short time later, Quincy Police Department officers located the vehicle, after it had crashed into a tree. The operator fled on foot and left a female passenger trapped and seriously injured inside the vehicle.
Troopers Brian McKenna and Matt McDevitt of the MSP K9 Unit responded along with Officer McDermott of the Quincy Police K9 Unit. The three K9 teams deployed in different directions from the crash scene. While on a yard to yard search, Trooper McKenna observed a change in behavior in his K9 partner Bruno. Bruno appeared to acquire human scent and pulled over to a deck. Bruno then went under the deck and located the suspect. Trooper McKenna held Bruno back and issued several verbal commands for the suspect to surrender. The suspect refused to acknowledge the K9 team and was hiding his arms and hands. Eventually, Bruno was released and he apprehended the suspect and pulled him out from under the deck.
Trooper Chris Johnson of the South Boston Barracks took the suspect into custody. The suspect was turned over to Quincy Police and he was charged with OUI alcohol, leaving the scene of a property damage crash, leaving the scene of a serious personal injury crash, uninsured motor vehicle, attaching plates, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and operating with a revoked registration.
