US Police Dog Accused of Stealing Officer’s Lunch Photo Goes Viral

Michigan’s Wyandotte Police Department (WPD) investigated a police dog named Ice after he allegedly stole lunch from one of his coworkers on January 12.

Earlier this month, the WPD posted officer Ice’s photo following his criminal charges on their official Facebook page.

As the post said, Officer Barwig was in the middle of his lunch when he was asked to come to the Wyandotte jail for assistance. Upon his return, Barwig’s lunch had disappeared, and Officer Ice was ‘leisurely strolling out of the room licking his chops’ according to the WPD’s post on Facebook.

On the post, the department said: “Ice invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent and, frankly, is not cooperating with the investigation.”
Many Facebook users said they would defend the dog “pro-bone-o”.
A Facebook user, Amy Kaczmarek, commented: “Paws-actively innocent until proven guilty.”

Another Facebook user, Jennifer Faverio Hawley, added, “With that face, he should be able to take whatever he wants!”

On January 18, the Wyandotte Police Department published an update on Facebook with the hashtag #nochargesforIce, saying, “We have been threatened with massive protests if we move forward with the investigation on Ice and charges. Moreover, the overall public doesn’t believe he is guilty. And no video has been produced.”

Also, one of his local supporters left him a custom-made sandwich because he felt Officer Ice wasn’t being fed enough.

The post collected around 240,000 views on Facebook, and the police department concluded that Ice would not face internal discipline or criminal charges.