K9 Graffit was trying to stop an armed man on the Colorado School of Mines campus when he was shot and killed. He was honored in a memorial service Monday.
GOLDEN, Colo. — A man who shot and killed a Jefferson County Sheriff's Office K-9 was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison.Driving under the influence: 1 year in DOCFour other counts were dismissed as part of the plea deal. He received a total sentence of 12 years in prison, which will be served after the sentence he is already serving for similar crimes he committed in Denver, according to a release from the First Judicial District Attorney's Office.
"They have the senses that allow us to see what we cannot see — drugs, humans, weapons — law enforcement animals have helped keep our communities safe, and they are an asset," she said. Graffit was brought in to help with the search for Romero. The K-9 was released and given the command to apprehend Romero, who fired his gun and killed him."He made the ultimate sacrifice that day. I will never forget that," Graffit's handler, Deputy Zachary Oliver, said at a memorial service two weeks after the K-9 was killed."Graffit was so much more to me than a dog. He was my partner, my best friend and, most of all, family.
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