Fleeing felon charged with death of K-9 Baron

The Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit reports to Historic City News that they were able to obtain and have served an arrest warrant naming 27-year-old Brandon Bernard Allison in connection with the death of K-9 Baron during an encounter with the police dog while trying to flee Deputy Farrah Ashe.

Media Relations Officer Kevin Kelshaw informed local reporters that the arrest warrant was served on Allison, who resides at 1077 Puryear Street in St Augustine, while he is in custody at the St Johns County Detention Facility. These new charges against Allison are for causing great harm or death of a police animal (F.S. 843.19.2) and resisting arrest without violence.

K-9 Baron was transported on Tuesday morning, October 7th, to a emergency veterinarian clinic where his cause of death was determined to be asphyxia. Evidence of blunt force trauma was also found on
Baron’s right side.

Allison remains in the St. Johns County Jail on bonds totaling $155,000.