'World's Slowest Escape': Officer Helps Wandering Tortoise Return Home in Littleton

Tortoise rescued by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, neighbors after escaping yard

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) says it helped save a tortoise that had run away from home back in August. According to officials, an animal control officer was sent to a report of a wandering tortoise in Littleton on August 31. There, they encountered Lard, a Sulcata tortoise weighing

'World's slowest escape': Officer helps wandering tortoise return home in Littleton

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on Friday shared body-camera footage of a daring escape by a suspect from late August, and it required some bystander assistance.