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Drunk, barking, and arrested: Not a dog, but a man charged with inciting a police K-9

A man in Cranberry Township, Pa. who police say was drunk was arrested for allegedly inciting a K9 like this one at a DUI checkpoint - including barking like a dog. AP Graphics

(CBS/AP) CRANBERRY, Pa. - A western Pennsylvania man has been charged with inciting Chaos.

That's the name of a police dog officers say was taunted by 26-year-old James Andrews, of Cranberry Township, after the man was stopped at a drunken-driving checkpoint in the wee hours of Sept. 15.

Andrews was allegedly "barking, hissing and growling" at the dog, according to the K-9's handler, Evan City police Sgt. Don Myers.

The Butler Eagle reports Cranberry Township police filed the charge on Monday along with drunken driving and other charges.

Township Sgt. Chuck Mascellino says Myers and Chaos were assisting with the checkpoint when Andrews became irritated and began barking at the dog.

The charge for inciting the K-9 is, in fact, a felony carrying up to seven years in prison.

(But is that just one year in dog years?)

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