Dog deflates NC deputy's tires after dog complaint

[September 02, 2009]  HOPE MILLS, N.C. (AP) -- Some dogs chase cars. One in a North Carolina town decided to try and eat one.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office says a pit bull deflated all four tires of a deputy's cruiser near Hope Mills on Sunday. Spokeswoman Debbie Tanna said the deputy parked his car in a woman's driveway while responding to her complaint about another dog.

When Deputy Lynn Lavallis went to speak with Gloria Bass, the dog chomped into the tires. The dog didn't attack the deputy in the town near Fayetteville.

Tanna says the dog's owner, a next-door neighbor to Bass, will be billed $500 for a new set of wheels.

[Associated Press]

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