Oakland Raiders National Football League star Armstrong ‘barks at dog’

“Allegheny County Sheriff’s Deputy Maria Watts, claimed that Armstrong was “barking really loudly and screaming ‘hey dog, hey dog” as he left the changing rooms.

ESPN reported that the player could be charged with taunting a police K-9, a third degree felony in Pennsylvania.

The decision to press charges falls on the Sheriff’s office, and Kraus reportedly met with the District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday to discuss pursuing charges against the football player.

Talking on 95.7-The Game, former Raider and current Fox broadcaster Lincoln Kennedy said that the dog began barking at Armstrong as he passed by before Armstrong responded.

“I have never seen anything like this”, Watts said in an interview with news station WTAE, adding, “Bandit was very agitated”. 5511.2. Police animals. Law 5511.2 specifies that it shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, kick or strike a police animal.

I love finding the unusual stories in the dog world and while I think we can all agree that this one goes a bit more into the “bad idea” category, I think that thinking it’s a good idea to do anything other than respecting a police dogs personal space, is just plain odd. I imagine with his training and experience he would have gone to his target who was taunting him. “We believed that there was sufficient probable cause to make an arrest”. They said they’ve contacted the Raiders organization and the NFL.

The Raiders linebacker is said to have raised his jersey and banged his chest in the direction of the pooch while shouting “Hey dog, hey dog”. “I wouldn’t make too much of it”.