OCEAN COUNTY BLOODHOUND UNIT LOCATES LOST CHILD:
A group of juveniles were hanging out in a heavily wooded area, behind one of the children's houses. Once it started to get dark, the juveniles father drove out in the woods on an ATV to call them in for dinner. As the three children started to run in, one of them fell behind and didn't make it in. Deputy Adams was dispatched and arrived on scene three hours later. When he was briefed, the OIC didn't know if the child was trying to run away or fell and got hurt. Deputy Adams bagged a pair of blue jeans, that he had retrieved from the child's book bag, and took one of the children that was with him back into the woods to show him where they had been. Deputy Adams then scented his Bloodhound Cooper on the jeans, and she started to circle the area. She locked onto the trail pretty quick, and worked it hard the whole way. They went for about 1/2 of a mile through the woods, then crossed over a break in the fence line that paralleled an Interstate highway. Cooper worked that fence line hard and just stopped. Deputy Adams took out his light to see what she was doing, and she was in a group of pine trees wagging her tail. He followed the lead up to her and saw that she was standing in the missing child's lap. The child was shaking because the temp had dropped to about 40, and he was only wearing a soccer warm up suit. Congratulation Deputy Adams and Cooper. Keep up the good work. Deputy Adams and Cooper are 2003 graduates of the Canine Training Academy.