{"id":512924,"date":"2026-01-13T10:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/512924\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:42:14","slug":"harris-county-k-9-back-on-duty-week-after-suspect-tries-to-drown-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/512924\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris County K-9 back on duty, week after suspect tries to drown him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HARRIS COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 A Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office K-9 is back on duty, a week after a suspect tried to drown him during a pursuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">K-9 Ghost returned to work seven days after the incident. Officials say he made a full recovery.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">It happened on Jan. 5 when deputies were looking for Bryan Crofton, 21, who they said had active felony warrants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">After Crofton was spotted, he crashed his vehicle into a ditch and attempted to flee on foot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome back, K9 Ghost!!<br \/>After a courageous pursuit through chest-deep water last week, Ghost helped capture a suspect who allegedly tried to drown him. His bravery and resilience are exactly why these four-legged heroes are invaluable to our team. \ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UvBUc9bCMP\">pic.twitter.com\/UvBUc9bCMP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lt. Garrett DeMilia (@GarrettDeMilia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarrettDeMilia\/status\/2010802351289090291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">K-9 Ghost, along with K-9 Handler, Deputy Almeida, pursued Crofton towards a pond in a wooded area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When K-9 Ghost bit Crofton, authorities say Crofton tried to drown Ghost in the chest-deep water.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even in chest-deep water, HCSO K9s continue the mission. Deputy Almeida and K9 Ghost put in exceptional work today to apprehend a suspect. Glad to report both are safe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rAwXbwshBZ\">pic.twitter.com\/rAwXbwshBZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lt. Garrett DeMilia (@GarrettDeMilia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarrettDeMilia\/status\/2008337847577681993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The sheriff\u2019s office says deputies were able to detain Crofton. K-9 Ghost was found unconscious, but shortly afterwards regained consciousness and was treated at the scene before being transported to a veterinary clinic as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Crofton was taken to a hospital for the bite he received. He had open warrants for injury to a child as well as interfering with 911 services. New charges of evading arrest and interfering with a service animal were added against him.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2013 A Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office K-9 is back on duty, a week after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":512925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[8323,4345,229195,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-512924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-harris-county-sheriffs-office","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-k-9-ghost","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115887377242411455","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}