An Ohio man harassed by a K-9 officer was arrested when he barked back at the police pooch. According to the dog’s handler Officer Bradley Walker, Ryan Stephens was standing two-inches away from his police car’s rear window barking and hissing at his partner Timber.

In his defense, Stephens told Officer Walker that:

He [Timber] started it. He was harassing me.

Stephens is now set to appear in municipal court on a misdemeanor citation of willfully teasing a police K-9 officer on April 21. Personally, this sounds like a trumped up charge. But, like they say, there’s nothing worse than a dog with a badge.

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