K9 Officer Bond makes drug arrests, gets new vest
Olney Police K9 Officer Bond has been busy over the past month, assisting in two drug arrests and riding shotgun on a third and receiving a new bulletproof vest, his handler Officer Miranda Wright said. Bond’s latest arrest June 3 came after Wright stopped Maria
Bond’s latest arrest June 3 came after Wright stopped Maria Rials Roca for speeding down West Main Street at 10:46 p.m., police records show. “I pulled her over and asked her if she had any (contraband)
“I pulled her over and asked her if she had any (contraband) in the vehicle, and she said she didn’t think so,” Wright said. Bond alerted Wright to the presence of narcotics, giving police probable cause to search the vehicle. The search yielded a tin of marijuana that Roca said she had purchased in New Mexico, Wright said. The price tag was still on the 0.39-ounce tin of marijuana, an amount that constitutes a felony, she said.
Roca was booked at the Young County Jail on possession of marijuana.
Bond was along for the ride on Wright’s second drug arrest of the past month May 17 at 10:17 p.m. when she pulled over two men and a dog for speeding on South Avenue D. When she approached the vehicle, she smelled marijuana and asked to search the car.
“I made contact with the driver, and he has a dog that won’t stop barking. I pull him out and get a whiff of marijuana. I ask him, do you have pot?” Wright said.
The man, Brandon Israel Acosta, told Wright he had a glass jar of marijuana. She also discovered a jar of psilocybin mushrooms in Acosta’s backpack. A further search of the vehicle revealed that the passenger, Ethan Ray Goates, also had a small quantity of marijuana and an Adderall tablet without a prescription. Both were arrested on felony and misdemeanor drug pos session, and were sent to Young County Jail, police records show. Wright said Olney Animal Control Officer Hollie Larance picked up the dog and took it to the Humane Society while its owners were in jail.
Bond took a starring role in the arrest of Gabrielle Robbins, whom Wright stopped for speeding on West Main Street May 11 at 8:43 p.m. Robbins did not consent to have her vehicle searched, so Bond was called into action, Wright said. He alerted to the presence of narcotics, and a search of the car yielded two scales, a methamphetamine pipe and 3.65 grams of methamphetamine, Wright said. Robbins was arrested on felony possession of a controlled substance and taken to Young County Jail.
Bond also has been fitted for a bulletproof vest with the insignia “Police K-9,” courtesy of Johnny and Claire Lillard.
“Bond is doing wonderful,” Wright said of her fellow officer’s aptitude for his job.