NEWBURG TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Cass County Sheriff’s Department is praising its K9 “Faust” after he successfully tracked down a woman responsible for leaving the scene of a crash while allegedly driving drunk.
Deputies say the woman, who is only being identified as a 43-year-old from Elkhart, Ind., was involved in a car crash in the area of 12000 block of Prang Street.
The woman was in an argument with a witness before taking off from the area, according to authorities.
The Cass County Sheriff’s K9 was able to track her down roughly 10 minutes later. Deputies the woman she was taken back to the scene of the crash and was treated before being taken into custody.
The woman faces multiple charges, including operating while intoxicated causing a traffic crash and leaving the scene of a crash.