ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico Department of Justice Special Agent Mariah Gonzales has no ordinary partner — she’s got four legs, a tail and a collar.
But she brings a new definition to sniffing out crime.
Special Agent Nyx, a 2-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, fills a unique role in the department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit: sniffing out the phones, hard drives and other devices suspects use to store child sexual abuse material.
Nyx, a 2-year-old Labrador and electronic scent detection K-9, is led through statues of people in conversation by her handler, Special Agent Mariah Gonzalez, in downtown Albuquerque during a walk around the block Monday.
Nyx, a 2-year-old Labrador and and electronic scent detection K-9, wags her tail while heading back to the office after a brief walk with her handler, Special Agent Mariah Gonzalez, in downtown Albuquerque on Monday.
A small stuffed animal of Nyx’s predecessor Joey, a now-retired electronic scent detection K-9, perched on a window at the state Department of Justice’s offices in Albuquerque on Monday.
Badges on display — one reading Special Agent Attorney General NM and the other reading Agent NYX — at Civic Plaza in Albuquerque on Monday.
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