Wakefield Police, State Police K-9 Rescue Suicidal Teen

Photo caption: State Police K-9 Rocky helped in the rescue. Photo credit: Mass State Police.

Wakefield Police and State Police rescued a suicidal 19-year-old after a two-and-a-half-hour search early Saturday morning.

Wakefield Police received a call at about 2 a.m. regarding a suicidal male, who was reported missing by his mother. He was also under the influence of liquor and police were told he may have been armed with a knife, according to Wakefield Police.

Police found the vehicle he was driving on Bryant Street and his phone was tracked to the Church Street area.

Wakefield Police searched the area and requested a State Police K-9. Wakefield Fire also assisted with a thermal imaging camera, said Wakefield Police.

Police received additional cell phone data that the phone may have been along the Lake Quannapowitt shoreline.

“Wakefield Officers David Rando, Jon Burnham and Matt Chambers along with two State Troopers made their way through waist deep snow to search along the shore and the lower common,” said Wakefield Police.

Police and K-9 Rocky located the man on the other side of a five-foot snowbank along the lake.

“The man was sitting at the base of a tree in a ditch he had dug out,” said State Police.

Wakefield Police said Action Ambulance transported the person to a local hospital for evaluation.