Newsfront

May, 1996

He Who Barks LastPortland, Maine--Don't talk back to police, even when the officer is a dog. A cop nabbed a 20-year-old man for barking at the officer's canine partner. According to police, the suspect and a friend were teasing the German shepherd, which was locked inside a patrol car, when the officer interrupted the barking contest. The dog went on to finish its shift, but the human spent an hour in the slammer and must appear in court on a charge of taunting a police dog, a misdemeanor.The Ey...