A person in Lincoln County is accused of assaulting a police canine by biting it — actually.
The reported incident occurred round midday on Wednesday. According to Sheriff Jerome Kramer, deputies responded to a report of an deserted automobile in a pasture and a person walking within the space northwest of Hershey. Residents instructed deputies they’d approached the 38-year-old man however he ran right into a cornfield.
Kramer stated deputies discovered the automobile had washed out and had been reported stolen from an auto dealership in North Platte.
With help from the Nebraska State Patrol, deputies discovered the person close to a creek with the assistance of a drone, regulation enforcement officers and a Ok-9 unit. The sheriff’s workplace stated the person refused to adjust to regulation enforcement’s orders to return out of the cornfield. Kramer stated in an e-mail that less-than-lethal pepper balls had been fired however they’d little impact.
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That’s when the police canine’s involvement elevated.
The canine had been deployed as a warning to the person, however he continued to defy regulation enforcement’s instructions, Kramer wrote. As regulation enforcement approached to arrest the person, he allegedly turned bodily.
The canine then leaped into motion and tussled with the person.
“In an effort to defeat the dog, the suspect bit the dog on the face,” Kramer wrote. “The best biter prevailed and the suspect was handcuffed and arrested.”
The man was taken to the hospital to be handled for his chew accidents. The police canine didn’t require medical consideration. Kramer stated regulation enforcement believes the person was below the affect of medicine. The man was arrested on suspicion of theft, possession of stolen property, resisting arrest and harassing a police animal.
