Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
A man was arrested after stabbing a K-9 element in a clash with San Diego police .
According to the authorities, it was not the first time that Dedrick Jones, from 35 years ago act like this, since in January he had also stabbed another police dog, named Titan . He was then sentenced to one year in prison, but was released in June.
The 17 in December, the dog named Hondo was injured twice nes by Jones. The item was treated at a veterinary hospital and is expected to survive r, authorities reported.
“It is ironic and tragic that the man had the nerve to stab a police dog in January and committed the same crime months later,” Police Chief David Nesbitt said in a statement.
Hondo was injured on Friday 17 December in a confrontation with Jones, who got into a parked vehicle with a knife after being confronted by officers responding to a report vandalism .
In January, the same subject, armed with two knives , stabbed Titan after a confrontation of several hours .
Titan managed to survive after needing 100 stitches and losing part of his colon, police reported.
Dedrick Jones faces charges of animal cruelty, harm to a police dog, assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats, resisting an officer with threats or violence, and by vandalism.
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