Sheriff Pine

Background
Augustus Pine was born in western Massachusetts before being kidnapped from the hospital. His first three years were spent with whoever his captor was in western Los Angeles. He was found quietly toddling through a corner store unattended. After some confusion and investigation, he was shipped back to his parents in Westfield, to their tearful relief.

The early incident seemed to make young Augustus a quiet and serious lad, but apparently had no ill effects. He was an excellent student, and had an intense interest in martial arts. Pine's entire youth was spent preparing for a life of service. After ROTC and graduation, Augustus entered the Marines as a Second Lieutenant. He served for his required eight years plus a two year stop-loss extension of his contract. He left the service as a Captain.

The Sheriff's position was waiting for Pine when he got back to the States, the old Sheriff delaying his own retirement until Pine could be properly onboarded. For the last fifteen years, Pine has been in charge of the department. His men respect him as a man of few words but significant action. He's known as 'The fighting sheriff’ because of his intense interest in mixed martial arts, with a 9 and 2 amateur record. He met Deputy Phillips on a joint task force assignment, and brought him on board ten years into his tenure. Pine only got involved with Lucas less than two years ago, when the young man informed him of his plans to become emancipated. Pine and Phillips forcibly extracted Lucas from his home on the day that the court's trial separation order came through, pending results of the emancipation hearing.

Present
Sheriff Pine is one of Lucas' strong male role models. After interrogating Lucky about being ambushed, Pine figured out that the young man was a Host in Ihy's church, though he doesn't know Izadore by name. He comforts Lucas and says no more about it, seeming happy enough to know the facts while retaining a measure of plausible deniability.