Oregon forms joint task force to apprehend Piggy Smalls

Jason Weisberger 3:17 pm Sun Feb 5, 2017

A wild hog, known to local Forest Grove, Oregon law enforcement as "Piggy Smalls" has been apprehended.

On Friday, the Forest Grove Police Department announced on Facebook they had finally apprehended a troublesome potbelly pig.

According to the post, the pig, known as "Piggy Smalls" (alias "Notorious") had "allegedly been harassing residents in the Hawthorne neighborhood of Forest Grove over the last several months."

He was ultimately captured at a little before 1 p.m. "by a joint task force of the FGPD Code Enforcement Officer and a representative of Home Sweet Home Properties."

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