K9 Officer Passes Away

Photo courtesy Ocean County Sheriff's Department

OCEAN COUNTY – The Ocean County Sheriff’s Office regrets to announce the untimely passing of K9 Sheba.

K9 Sheba was a 7-year-old German Shepherd who served the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office for three years as a narcotics dog.

  K9 Sheba was a rescue dog from the Throw Away Dogs Project, an organization that rescues dogs and tries to re-home them as police K9s.

Condolences are sent to handler Cpl. Teddy Wielichoski and his family during this time of sadness.