Man Accused Of Biting Police Dog

Dog's Ear Nearly Bitten Off

November 12, 2004

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police say a man bit an officer and his dog Friday after trying to stiff a cab driver on an early morning fare. Mark A. McClarty (pictured, left), 28, of Kansas City, Kan., is charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and stealing. Capt. Rich Lockhart said McClarty broke the skin on an officer's hand when he bit him. McClarty then nearly bit the ear off the police dog. Lockhart said a cab driver told a police officer at 2:15 a.m. that someone had refused to pay a fare. When the officer found the man at 13th Street and Olive and got out of his car and to stop him, Lockhart said, the man spun around and punched the officer. The officer used a remote control to release his police dog from the patrol car while scuffling with the suspect. During the fracas, McClarty allegedly bit the officer and the dog. After other officers arrived, one used his Taser gun to subdue McClarty. The officer was treated at a hospital, while the dog's ear was reattached by a veterinarian.