TACOMA — A federal grand jury has found in favor of Pierce County sheriff’s deputies who used a police dog during an arrest in 2011.
The News Tribune reported the jury deliberated for less than an hour this week before deciding that the deputies were not negligent when they sent Oni the police dog after Ronald Jones.
Jones sued the county for damages. He claimed he was hospitalized after being attacked by the dog.
The county argued during the trial in U.S. District Court in Tacoma that the deputies were trying to apprehend a potentially dangerous man.
They sent Oni after Jones when he tried to flee.
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