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K-9 officer helps in arrest of Arkansas murder suspect

A police dog helped in the arrest of a man wanted on a first-degree murder charge out of Arkansas.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee authorities say a police dog helped in the arrest of a man wanted on a first-degree murder charge out of Arkansas, according to the Associated Press.

The U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release that Kevin D. Curry Jr. was arrested early Saturday at a house in Memphis, Tennessee. Curry tried to escape the house by going out an upstairs window, but was deterred by a K-9 officer. 

The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Task Force had been searching for Curry, who had been charged in a killing in Crittenden County, Arkansas.

The task force looks for fugitives in a handful of Southern states.

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