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LOS ANGELES — Investigators have arrested a man for biting a Los Angeles airport police K-9 officer.
Airport police Sgt. Belinda Nettles says officers were investigating a report Sunday of a strange-behaving man who had left an unattended bag in a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.
When officers approached the man, investigators say he ran while yelling unintelligibly.
Officers tried to detain him outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal and a K-9 officer was bitten on the left forearm, breaking the skin.
The man, described only as a transient questioned by officers in the past, was arrested and booked for investigation of felony battery.
The officer was treated at a hospital and released.
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