The Aiken Bloodhounds have done it again.
Officers were trying to arrest a drug suspect in Beech Island on Wednesday morning when the man ran into the woods. Leslie Alan Murphy, 37, was spotted at 303 Church Road, but he ran into the woods.
A bloodhound tracking team was called to the scene where they captured Murphy 20 minutes after they began the search for him. Murphy was taken to the Aiken County Detention Center where he was booked on five outstanding arrest warrants for Violation of the Drug Distribution Law.
“This arrest, like so many others, was successful because of the joint efforts from the initial responding deputies creating a perimeter to having a well-trained tracking team,” Sheriff Michael Hunt stated in a press release. “Cases like this shows the positive impact of information sharing between concerned citizens and law enforcement.”
The Bloodhound Tracking Team is comprised of deputies and officers from Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, Aiken Department of Public Safety and North Augusta Department of Public Safety.
