Handler \u2013 Deputy Beau Lamens<\/p>\n
Maddox, a former narcotics K9 in Grant County, passes away at 17 years old<\/p>\n
Beau Lamens’ demeanor might have seemed stoic during a phone conversation with Source ONE News, but the emotional undertones in his voice were detected when he spoke of his late canine friend, Maddox.Lamens, a longtime Grant County Sheriff’s deputy, was Maddox’s handler from 2009 to 2016. The former narcotics K9 recently passed away at the ripe old age of 17. Lamens was with Maddox, a lab-golden retriever mix, until the dog’s death in 2024. The pair had a rock solid relationship both professionaly and personally. When Maddox retired from the Sheriff’s Office in 2016, Lamens bought Maddox as surplus property so he could be his pet. Lamens remarked that Maddox was known for being “puppy-like” with high energy up until the last few years of his life.During Maddox’s tenure with the Sheriff’s Office, Lamens says Maddox had over 100 finds. The duo worked traffic, jails and schools.Lamens told Source ONE News that a private burial for Maddox was held involving Beau and his family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Handler \u2013 Deputy Beau Lamens Maddox, a former narcotics K9 in Grant County, passes away at 17 years old Beau Lamens’ demeanor might have seemed stoic during a phone conversation with Source ONE News, but the emotional undertones in his voice were detected when he spoke of his late canine friend, Maddox.Lamens, a longtime Grant …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-15945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-wa"],"yoast_head":"\n