Jeffco K-9 handler acquitted after dog broke out of kennel, bit 2-year-old and dad

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A Douglas County jury found a Jefferson County K-9 handler not guilty after the dog broke out of a kennel at their home, biting and injuring a two-year-old girl and her dad in their yard.

The two-day trial ended with a not guilty verdict, a little over an hour after the jury got the case to deliberate. Colorado’s 23rd District Attorney George Brauchler is enraged over the outcome and situation. He sat down with FOX31’s Nicole Fierro before the jury made the decision. Now, the case is sealed.

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Jefferson County Sheriff’s K-9 handler, Zachary Oliver, took the stand Thursday to defend himself against two counts of unlawful ownership of a dangerous dog in Douglas County, where he lived on Aug. 11 last year.

“I run over into their backyard and I see it’s K-9 Ragnar and obviously my heart dropped,” Oliver said on the stand in the courtroom…

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