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Hall County adds canine to help secure courthouse
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Hall County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Rusty Blalock works Friday with Star, a bomb-sniffing dog. outside the courthouse at Roosevelt Square. The 4-year-old English Lab is retired from the Marine Corps, last serving in Afghanistan.
The Hall County Courthouse has a new staff member in its security ranks. Star, a 4-year-old black Labrador and retired Marine Corps bomb-sniffing dog, now is conducting courthouse checks with her handler, Sheriff’s Deputy Rusty Blalock. “We received Star in November.