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Worcester County Sheriff’s Office announces death of K9 Nikita

The Worcester County Sheriff's Office announced the loss of Police K9 Nikita. Nikita served the dept. as a narcotics detection K9 and partner to Capt. Chabot for a decade. (Photo: Worcester County Sheriff's Office)
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The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office announced the passing of police K9 Nikita Monday night.

Nikita was the department’s first adopted K9 under Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis. He was about 10 and a half years old and lived with the family of Capt. Thomas Chabot.

Nikita was adopted from the Sterling Animal Shelter after being found in a landfill in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Evangelidis said.

“The Sheriff’s Office is deeply saddened by the loss of K9 Officer Nikita,” Evangelidis said. “Nikita played a very special role in the department. He was a loyal companion to Captain Chabot and served as an asset when it came to narcotics detection. Our deepest condolences go out to our K9 Unit and the Chabot family.”

Nikita was highlighted in a national PBS Shelter Me episode for his service.

Nikita died of natural causes, the department said.

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