MOHAVE COUNTY, Ariz. — A Missouri man was arrested Thursday on multiple charges after allegedly running from police in a stolen car, fleeing into the desert and hitting a pursuing police dog several times on the head with a rock.
The dog, Ecko, was injured and required stitches, Trish Carter said in a statement released by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.
Carl Eaves, 50, was arrested after an incident that began Thursday afternoon when police dispatch received several 911 calls about a van driving recklessly on Interstate 15.
A Mohave County Sheriff”s deputy responded and saw the van traveling 90 mph in a 55-mph zone in the Virgin River Gorge and cutting off other drivers.
Deputies stopped the driver at 4:16 p.m. MST near milepost 11 on I-15; a computer check showed the car was stolen, the statement said.
As deputies tried to place the man under arrest, he resisted, kicking a deputy in the chest and running several hundred yards into the desert toward the Virgin River.
The deputy then released his K-9 partner, Ecko, to stop the fleeing man. Ecko found Eaves, but Eaves picked up a rock and started hitting the dog in the head with it.
“Ecko continued to do his job while Eaves (was) repeatedly striking him with the rock,” Carter said in the statement. “Eaves was taken into custody without further incident.”
During the altercation, Eaves was bitten and Ecko received lacerations to the head.
An officer from the Arizona Department of Public Safety took custody of Eaves and took him to the Mesquite Hospital in Nevada where he was treated and released medically.
Ecko had cuts on his head and needed several stitches. He was treated by a veterinarian in Mesquite.
A 19-year-old man traveling with Eaves in the van was found to be intoxicated and told officers that Eaves provided him with alcohol.
Eaves was then booked into the Mesquite jail and charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, escape, animal cruelty and auto theft, which are felonies. He was also charged with reckless driving, DUI and providing alcohol to a minor, which are misdemeanors.
Persons arrested or charged are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law or as otherwise decided by a trier-of-fact.
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Well, if a dog like that attacked me i’d try to bash its head too. The Nazis used to use big dogs like that to keep the Jews under control…
If the poor dog bit you he’d have to lick his butt for an hour to get the taste out of his month.
If a dog bit you it would never eat again
Is this really Mesaman in drag? Can’t tell the difference.
You know if weren’t so stupid you could of put a five in your name. but we know you didn’t do that because you can’t count that high
“You know if weren’t” and you call me stupid? You’re an embarrassment.
LOL, good one 🙂
Yes I have to do the same thing with that idiot son of mine. smacking him in the head with a rock always gets his attention.
Put Ecko and the arrestee in the octagon for 1 minute and put it on pay per view. Make a fortune.
It wouldn’t take the dog that long to get rid of you
Scum bag.
Ah yes, LOVE AT FIRST BITE! The bad guy did not get hurt bad enough. 🙁
seems to me using attack dogs sets a bad precedent. From previous experiences i have a deep dislike of violent dogs, police dog or not
seems once they are trained to attack it is always forefront in their nature…
FUNBAG/KOOLAID
I am betting many readers here would love to find out you were bitten by a police K9. Because that would mean you have been arrested. And we would not have to be subjected to your ignorant hate filled comments, even for just a little while…
Hey Ronnie shut your mouth those are my friends
You’re just some anonymous goon who has never contributed to the comments section trolling around just waiting to say something hateful. What does that say about you Ronnie IDIOT. Wasn’t me that got attacked by the dog either. Keep lurking hard goon aha 🙂
Ronnie, you will have to excuse fun bag, free parking, RL mommy, koolaid, etc. You see they are all the same twisted, sexually confused guy. It’s not hard to figure out. They “all” post at, or near the same time. Poor Joyce has tried to stop it, and was successful for a while, but it’s not hard to create multiple email accounts. Meanwhile we will deal with, let’s call him free bag for now.
i don’t troll you but i can see why you get trolled. you actually deserve it…
You don’t troll? Okay.
Are you still up.? Get to bed so you can get up to Romper Room in the morning
Speaking of attack dogs, seems free baser is a little butt hurt.
Well why don’t you just come sit in mommies lap and tell me all about it my little huggy wuggy
I think the dog was annoyed by the guy wearing his sister’s shirt.
LOL