Dogs ready to help scared victims in court
By Staff Reporter | Aug 12, 2015 09:49 AM EDT
A four-legged Lake County state's attorney's office employee is ready to assume an expanded role that would bring him into criminal courtrooms, provided Gov. Bruce Rauner signs a measure into law.
State's Attorney Michael Nerheim found his new full-time worker, a nearly 2-year-old yellow Labrador retriever named Mitchell, while both were before a state Senate committee last spring.