Man arrested after stabbing two police K-9s in less than a year, California cops say

A 35-year-old man in a standoff with San Diego police stabbed Hondo, a K-9, twice before being arrested, officers said. And it wasn’t the first time.

The same man also stabbed Titan, a San Diego police K-9, in January in an earlier standoff, police reported in a news release. He was sentenced to a year in jail but released in June.

“It is ironic and tragic that the man who had the gall to stab a police dog in January committed the same crime just months later,” said Chief David Nesbitt in a statement.

Hondo, who was treated at a veterinary hospital, is expected to survive, police said.

Hondo was stabbed Friday, Dec. 17, in a confrontation with the 35-year-old man, who climbed atop a parked vehicle “swinging a knife” after being confronted by officers responding to a vandalism report, police reported.

The same man, armed with two knives, stabbed Titan in January following an hours-long standoff, the release said.

Titan, who also survived, required 100 stitches and lost part of his colon, police reported.

The man faces charges of animal cruelty, harming a police dog, assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats, resisting an officer with threats or violence, and vandalism, the release said.

This story was originally published December 19, 2021 at 7:21 AM with the headline "Man arrested after stabbing two police K-9s in less than a year, California cops say."