WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A man is in custody in Palm Beach County after police said he tried to drown a K-9 who was searching for him in a canal.
Fox 29 reports that 25-year-old Quinten Henderson fled from deputies during a traffic stop in West Palm Beach, early Tuesday morning.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Henderson ran into a nearby canal to evade capture. A PBSO helicopter searched for Henderson as a K-9 team was sent in to find him.
That’s when deputies said Henderson attempted to drown Alex, one of the K-9 dogs, in the canal. Henderson was arrested and hospitalized for hypothermia and minor lacerations.
PBSO posted an update on Twitter, saying Alex is “doing just fine.”
A fleeing suspect tried to drown K9 Alex this AM but Alex won that fight. We caught him and K9 Alex is doing just fine. #K9Alex-1 Bad Guys-0 pic.twitter.com/omyvxSLIpB
— PBSO (@PBCountySheriff) January 31, 2017
Investigators found crack, heroin and marijuana in Henderson’s vehicle.
Henderson faces a slew of charges, including battery on a police dog, animal cruelty, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, fleeing and eluding, resisting arrest without violence and possession with intent to sell heroin, cocaine and marijuana.
It is unclear if Henderson has an attorney.
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