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Cows lead cops directly to reckless driver [1]

['Rusty Blazenhoff']

Date: 2023-05-15

In North Carolina on Tuesday, a thrilling adventure unfolded as the police found themselves chasing a suspect with a lead foot, eventually getting help from unlikely sources: cows.

Joshua Minton, 34, decided he wasn't going to stick around for a routine traffic stop. He zoomed away, taking the Boone County police and Watauga County Sheriff's deputies on a car chase. After ditching his ride, Joshua bolted into the wild unknown, leaving the authorities scratching their heads.

That's when some tattletale cattle came to the rescue, ready to lend a hoof (or four) to the search. According to a report on the Town of Boone Police Department's Facebook page, these crime-fighting cows "communicated with the officers as best they could and finally just had the officers follow them to the suspect's location." The police department also joked about adding a "Bovine Tracking Unit." (Neatorama, CBS News)

From the official Boone Police Department press release:

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