SUMNER COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Sumner County worked together to locate a suspect who had fled into a wooded area, according to a social media report.

On Friday night, Game Warden K-9 Ruby and Game Warden/K-9 Handler Stout with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism were called to assist the Sumner County Sheriff’s Department and Wellington Police Department with a search for a suspect.

Within 5 minutes of arriving on scene K-9 Ruby tracked the suspect to a dumpster where the suspect was hiding.

Ruby also located the suspect’s clothes he had changed out of inside the dumpster.

Details on what prompted the search and name of the suspect have not been released.