Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Handcuffed Suspect Bites Drug Dog > WAGONER, Okla. (AP) -- A drug dog is recovering from > three bites from a handcuffed suspect trying to run > away on U.S. 69. > > Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers and their dog, Dak, > chased Marvin Stemmons after the dog sniffed out four > kilos of cocaine in the car Stemmons was driving late > Wednesday seven miles north of Wagoner. > > Stemmons, 26, broke one of Dak's teeth with a kick and > bit the dog on its shoulder, head and underneath the > chin. > > ``He assaulted the drug dog and the drug dog did not > appreciate it,'' said District Attorney Dianne Barker > Harrold. ``The suspect pretty much said they were not > going to take him alive. This guy wanted to get away.'' > > Dak went to the vet. Stemmons was taken to a hospital > -- with a small part of his ear missing, one trooper > said -- and then to the Wagoner County Jail. > > Stemmons and passenger Laquitis Williams, 22, both of > Columbia, Mo., were being held on complaints of cocaine > trafficking. Stemmons also is accused of attempted > escape, resisting arrest and assault and battery on a > police dog, which is a felony. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
