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Dog Uncovers Crime Evidence

A bloodhound went digging in a backyard and discovered buried evidence of child molestation. From the Sun-Sentinel (FL):

A man was charged with molesting a 3-year-old girl after a dog dug up decade-old photos and videotapes of the alleged crime in a back yard near Oxnard, Calif., police said Wednesday.
Jack Sobonya, 54, is to be arraigned next week on five counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child. He is being held on $1 million bail at the Ventura County Jail. Sobonya had been convicted in a separate case of child molestation and had been paroled to Atascadero State Hospital in March after serving 10 years of a 17-year prison sentence.

The current case against Sobonya emerged in early September, when a bloodhound digging behind a home in the Silver Strand neighborhood near Oxnard found Polaroid photos and two videotapes, said Ventura County Sheriff's Detective Billy Hester.

The story doesn't say whether it was just a neighbor's dog or if it was a police dog purposely searching for something. In either case though, good work. And another mutant is put away.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at December 31, 2004 06:17 AM