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Look's Like the Bite Was Worse Than the
Bark.
A 33-year-old man faces charges that
he bit a police dog during a disturbance outside a downtown Syracuse, N.Y.
bar.
Paul Russell of Syracuse, was charged with injuring a police animal,
resisting arrest and obstruction of governmental administration.
"I don't think I bit the dog. I just got into a fight with him," Russell
told The Post-Standard of Syracuse newspaper. "I don't really remember
(what happened). I was pretty drunk."
The incident occurred on the evening of April 19, 2003 when Officer
William Foster and his dog, a German shepherd named Renny, were sent to
investigate a disturbance at 10 p.m. outside the Empire Brewing Co., a bar
in Syracuse's Armory Square district.
Russell said he and a friend were asked to leave the tavern and then got
into a tussle with bouncers.
According to police reports, Russell grabbed Renny by the throat and
started choking the animal and biting it on the left side of his neck.
Foster said he punched Russell twice in the face to make him let go of the
dog. Russell said he suffered a broken nose and two black eyes when police
hit him.
Russell was treated at Community General Hospital. He was jailed overnight
before being released on his own recognizance after being arraigned Sunday
by City Judge Thomas W. Higgins Jr.
After the arrest, 3-year-old Renny was taken to a veterinarian. Foster
said the animal had swelling in his neck and was sore where he was bitten.
"The dog is off for the next two days. He'll be back for his regular
shift. He's not expected to miss any time," said Lt. Joseph Cecile, a
police spokesman.
Source: AP, "Syracuse Police Say Man
Bites Dog," April 21, 2003.
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