Police dog corners transient after Kennewick church break-in

A transient was caught inside a Kennewick church by a police dog after tripping burglary alarms — twice.

Police officers responded to two burglar alarms about two hours apart at the Iglesias Tri-Cities Church on Benton Street early Tuesday.

After the second came at 2:39 a.m., officers surrounded the building and the department’s police dog, Axel, and his human partner went inside to look.

“It was not long after they entered the church to search, when Axel located the suspect and took him into custody,” Kennewick police said.

Randall S. Nordblad-Jones, 19, appeared to be looking for a place to sleep, said police.

They found him a bed at the Benton County jail.

This story was originally published September 26, 2017 at 11:40 AM with the headline "Police dog corners transient after Kennewick church break-in."