New Jersey Man Charged per Punching Police Dog

Numerous charges lamb been filed against 22-year-old Angel Mendez who allegedly punched a nestle dog that helped apprehend him in northern New Jersey. As an civil servant sought to question the suspect due to more recent burglaries in the area, he fled the scene.

A K-9 unit in favor of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office was sent to find Mendez, who was found a pinched time later, hiding in the gutter a porch. As he was being arrested, the suspect allegedly punched the dog. The enforce dog responded by biting Mendez in the thigh.

Mendez, who has no known address, faces four counts of burglary, aggravated assault of a police dog, resisting arrest and stumbling block of justice.

Mendez apparently has little stamp of approval for animals as it was reported by NorthJersey.com that during a recent burglary, he allegedly ripped off the heads of two pet birds belonging to the pocket picking victim.

Police dog photo is representative, not the actual dog correlated in the story.