ONLY ON 13: Albany man on the run after ankle monitor found on dog

NASSAU, N.Y. (WNYT) — Authorities are in pursuit of Lamont Alexander Holmes after an ankle monitor was found on a dog.

The Albany County Probation Department reported that individuals sometimes tamper with their electronic monitoring devices, but this case is unique. On Tuesday morning, a woman found a dog running free near Krouner Road in the town of Nassau. After the dog jumped into her car, she took it to the Nassau veterinarian office.

A staff member at the veterinarian office noticed an unusual device on the dog’s collar and contacted Schodack police. The police then reached out to Albany County Probation, who had already been alerted to tampering with a GPS monitoring device…

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