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K9 killed by gang members while trying to stop prison fight, officials say

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 Authorities in Virginia are mourning the loss of a K9 officer they said was killed by gang members at a state prison. The Virginia Department of Corrections said K9 Riven died while protecting his assigned corrections officer, staff, and other inmates at Sussex State Prison Tuesday. According to officials, three inmates affiliated with the MS-13 gang are housed at Sussex State Prison. The three inmates attacked another inmate in one of the facility’s housing units while a fourth inmate appeared to be supervising the assault. Corrections Officer Kharmishia Phillip Fields and her assigned K9 Riven responded to the attack. Officials said Rivan was repeatedly stabbed and kicked by the inmates and died at the prison. Phillip Fields, a trained K9 handler and 4-year veteran of the department, was not seriously injured. Prison staff broke up the attack, with the attacked inmate taken to a hospital for treatment before being returned to the facilities. Authorities said the inmates involved...

Police dog tracks down missing 3-year-old in woods

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 A missing 3-year-old boy was found safe last week, all thanks to a Florida police dog. Midnight found that missing toddler on Friday. “He was dragging me through the woods like he was just, he wasn’t gonna stop,” DeLand Police Corporal Damon Clark said. When it comes to his job, Midnight gets it done. Clark said all he had to do was give him a sniff of the boy’s blanket and then send him off. “I would say we were on the ground probably 45 minutes or so, which feels like hours and hours and hours when you’re being dragged behind the dog through the woods,” he said. Clark says he was full of cuts and scrapes, but despite the challenging terrain, Midnight was successful. “The dog was actually able to get to him much quicker than I was because I’m getting caught up on vines and trees and shrubbery and stuff like that,” he said. The 3-year-old would often play in the woods, which is why Clark says he likely wandered off, but he got lost. Thankfully, the boy had his tablet and he stayed...

32-year-old Andre Brewer now in jail on several counts of child exploitation

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  IMPD describes it as one of the worst cases of child pornography they have ever seen and it started as an investigation into child molestation. 32-year-old Andre Brewer now in jail on several counts of child exploitation and child molestation.  IMPD Child Abuse Detectives arrested Brewer first in July 2023 for accusations of child molestation involving a 3 and 11-year-old girl. During their investigation and while Brewer was out on bond detectives continued investigating. They found 8 phones in his residence along with 28 electronic devices with more than 10 thousand illegal images. “This is one of the worst cases of child pornography I have seen,” said an experienced ICAC detective who worked on the case.    TRIGGER WARNING: Some of the pornography shows a man sexually abusing the bodies of dead children - both girls and boys. There is no information given as to who these children are or where this abuse came from. I debated adding it here, but I think it is impor...