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Last updated on Monday, June 11, 2018
(LAUREL) - A former Laurel Police Department reserve officer was arrested after the death of the department’s K-9.
Franklin County's chief deputy prosecutor said when law enforcement went to arrest Clint Ellis for the charges in the death of his dog, Ellis was already in court for a prior charge.
Ellis was recently charged with a felony and misdemeanor in the death of his police K-9 named Blade.
According to a probable cause affidavit, friends of Ellis saw Blade lying in his own waste dead in his cage on New Year's Day. Those friends also say the dog lost a significant amount of weight since Ellis got the dog in August.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources investigated and sent Blade's body to Purdue University for a necropsy. The necropsy said he died from an intestinal foreign body and emaciation.
In February, Ellis was charged with two counts of theft and a count of official misconduct. Then in May, hunter harassment.
The Laurel Police Department was Ellis' third stop as a cop. He also worked for Liberty Police Department and was let go in summer 2011/ After that, he went to Carthage Police Department, but it could not keep him on because he was kicked out of the police academy for unauthorized computer use. But still, after being let go from two departments and the academy, Laurel Police hired Ellis.
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