COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said its missing K-9 officer named Chaos has “been found and is in good health!” the agency said in a Facebook post.
Chaos disappeared while tracking a suspect in the woods on Monday morning, the Sheriff’s Office said. He got off of his leash while deputies were tracking 29-year-old Justin Dewey Pike.
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Deputies searched for Chaos in a remote area between Tyre Road and the entrance to Florida Gateway College between U.S. 90 and S.R.100.
Pike was apprehended Monday night around 11:40 p.m., but deputies were still searching for Chaos.
Sheriff Mark Hunter said a citizen saw Chaos on SE Pounds Hammock Road during the 11 a.m. hour on Tuesday and deputies were able to retrieve him.
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