DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) — A judge has sentenced a central Ohio man to six months in jail for assaulting a police dog by punching it in the head and throat and breaking a tooth.
Judge Everett Krueger of Delaware County Common Pleas Court also ruled Monday that 45-year-old Jeffrey Metz of Delaware must serve five years on probation.
Deputies say Metz led them on a chase in January when they tried to pull him over for speeding and that he spun into a field.
They say he refused to get out of his vehicle. Officers sent a police dog named Thor into the car and say Metz punched the animal repeatedly.
Metz also had been convicted of failure to comply with a police order.
Sheriff Walter Davis III says the dog has recovered.
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Know what is CRAZY?? Steve Croley only got FOUR MONTHS for the FOUR COUNTS of animal cruelty he was charged with...How inconsistent is that?
The part that I can't forget is that with the Steve Croley case - they found 7 dead dogs and 12 dogs that were suffering from starvation...that still makes me so sad...
Animals are still considered property in Ohio. It can be traced directly to our history as an agricultural state.
That being said, I believe police K9s are to be treated as an officer.
Looking at a police dog from a purely property point of view, they're extremely expensive "pieces of equipment."