Police dog slashed with razor blade
Pelham, NH (US)Incident Date: Friday, Nov 11, 2005
County: Hillsborough
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: Kevin Armstrong
On November 14, 2005, Kevin Armstrong was arrested on six charges, the most serious being assaulting a police dog with a razor blade.
Police said Armstrong's girlfriend filed a restraining order against him last week. Armstrong allegedly violated the restraining order twice by going to the home they shared on Hillcrest Lane in Pelham, N.H.
Police received two calls of suspicious activity outside the home on November 11, 2005. During the second call, police located Armstrong and used a police dog to try to capture him.
"As soon as the K-9 reached Mr. Armstrong, he proceeded to swing a razor blade, cutting the K-9 about the head," Sgt. Gary Fisher said. "Officers at that point deployed their Tazing device."
Armstrong was arrested, but not before the German shepherd was cut twice with a box cutter. One injury was close to the dog's eye, and the other was on the dog's ear. "The dog was taken to the vet, where he got treatment, and is currently under medication," Fisher said.
The police dog, Zahn, is expected to make a full recovery.
"It's not unusual to see them hit or kicked or something like that, but to have a weapon pulled on the dog -- it's the first time in Pelham where a weapon was actually taken out on a K-9," Fisher said.
Armstrong was also wanted on charges out of Massachusetts.
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