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\nHandler – Officer Ryan Ellis<\/p>\n
Retired Redding K-9 ‘Tarro,’ survivor of marijuana-spiked brownies poisoning, dies<\/p>\n
Tarro, the retired Redding police dog that was given marijuana-spiked brownies and a sedative during a home burglary last March and survived the poisoning, has died. Communities for Police Canines said Tarro died Saturday from surgery complications. He was about 10 years old. “K9 Tarro faithfully served the Redding Community for over 7 years before retiring in 2017,” the nonprofit wrote in a Facebook post Monday. His handler, officer Ryan Ellis said Tarro was a successful crime fighter. “What made Tarro special though, was his aloofness and easy going mentality on and off duty,” he said in the post. Retiredpaws.org and Communities for Police K9 helped with Tarro’s medical care expenses. The retired police dog’s poisoning caught statewide attention last year. Two men were subsequently arrested on suspicion of poisoning the dog and burglarizing his handler’s home. Joshua David Norton, 35, remains at Shasta County Jail awaiting a February trial on burglary and other criminal charges stemming from the case, while Cal Joseph Demercurio Jr. was sentenced after pleading no contest to burglary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 1\/12\/19 Handler – Officer Ryan Ellis Retired Redding K-9 ‘Tarro,’ survivor of marijuana-spiked brownies poisoning, dies Tarro, the retired Redding police dog that was given marijuana-spiked brownies and a sedative during a home burglary last March and survived the poisoning, has died. Communities for Police Canines said Tarro died Saturday from surgery complications. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-6380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ca"],"yoast_head":"\n