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Man jailed on police dog taunting charge
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PITTSBURGH -- A Pittsburgh man accused of taunting a police dog on Sunday was being held in jail on $100,000 bail. Police say Kenneth King, 23, taunted Benny, a German shepherd, as he walked by a police vehicle.

Police say King screamed that he hates dogs and threatened to kill the animal after it started barking.

King's mother said the situation is serious, but questioned the high bail. She said people have been arrested for hurting people and they don't have bail set that high.

Taunting police animals is a felony under Pennsylvania's animal cruelty law.

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nanny, nanny wrote on Oct 12, 2007 8:14 AM:

" pooh pooh, you can't get me..... "

TT wrote on Oct 11, 2007 6:52 PM:

" Please. . . . . . K9's are trained to bark. I think it is wonderful that the small towns are getting K9's, better not judge that it is not well trained, you may need its help sometime! I am glad for one that LeRoy has a great dog, it has done much good. "

FYI wrote on Oct 11, 2007 6:27 PM:

" What a crock. No wonder we'll lose this war too. "

to it barks wrote on Oct 11, 2007 1:16 PM:

" Yes dogs bark, but the k9 should not viciously bark and slam the car window when kids from the community go by the car. The partner/handler is supposed to work with the dog after the sniffing classes and finish the training so that it is a member of the community and not scaring kids and aggrivating the general public. "

it's a dog, it barks wrote on Oct 11, 2007 11:56 AM:

" Cop dogs are trained to sniff out drugs etc. and as long as the dog is trained to do that job it's serving it's purpose. "

Le Roy wrote on Oct 11, 2007 11:07 AM:

" The Le Roy k9 barks constantly, scaring kids and citizens that walk past the car. Obviously not trained well. Glad my tax dollars are being wasted on this dog. Its not the big city. First the K9, then bicycle police, are helicopters next? Maybe if the k9's were properly trained, the public would not get fed up with it and taunt it. isn't the dog taunting us first? Arrest the dog. "

Hey Oh Brother wrote on Oct 11, 2007 8:52 AM:

" The dog is there doing a job, maybe someone should taunt you at your work place. Or better yet the next time you want to taunt the police dog let the cop use the automatic opener and open the door so at least the dog will get the last laugh. "

Dr Doolittle wrote on Oct 11, 2007 8:25 AM:

" I moo at cows too. I meow at my cat. I quack at ducks. I make fishy faces at my guppies.. I love animals and would never hurt one, but c'mon! Yelling at a dog is a felony animal cruelty charge? Beating your wife is only a misdemeanor! Domestic Battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) (2) Makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with any family or household member as defined in subsection (3) of Section 112A‑3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended. (b) Sentence. Domestic battery is a Class A misdemeanor "

Excessive. . . wrote on Oct 11, 2007 7:44 AM:

" I agree that the bail is excessive. As a matter of fact, I've barked at police dogs too but I've never threatened to kill them. Furthermore, I think it would have been penalty enough to just release the dog on this dumbass and see how much fun he was having then. "

why wrote on Oct 11, 2007 1:51 AM:

" why in the world do you bark back at a dog that barks at you? Maybe that's a story you should keep to yourself next time haha! "

Oh brother.. wrote on Oct 10, 2007 6:32 PM:

" Lets just arrest everybody! I've barked at K9 dogs when they bark at me... I'm such a felon. Come get me.. I'm a danger to society! In the meantime, try to get a cop to investigate the theft of almost $100,000 worth of tools and software from my shop... "sorry.. there's nothing we can do. We'll keep our eyes open". Never even took a fingerprint from the place... just wrote a report. "

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