Man charged after police dog attacked in Wolverhampton
It happened on Friday morning.
West Midlands Police have charged a man with animal cruelty after one of their police dogs was attacked while helping to detain a suspect in Wolverhampton.
Lee Potts, aged 39, has appeared before city magistrates and is also accused of public order offences and having a dog dangerously out of control.
The charges come after a series of arson attacks in Wolverhampton on Friday.
Officers were alerted at around 3.30am after a small fire was started at the Horse and Jockey pub on Church Street, Bilston.
A short time later several vehicles were either set alight or damaged by fire along Union Street, Bell Street and Greencroft.
A suspect, who had a dog with him, was located in a park off Millfield Road by officers.
One of the police dogs, PD Snow, was attacked but not injured during the incident.