Worcester Police K9 Returns To Work After Being Stabbed
WORCESTER (CBS) -- A K9 is back with the Worcester Police Department after he was stabbed on the job earlier this month. Beebs, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, appeared ready for work in an Instagram post with a photo taken Thursday at a training session.
On Sept. 7, Beebs and Officer Dan Pennellatore responded to Foster Street where a man was threatening to stab bus drivers and light them on fire. They found the man, later identified as 41-year-old Joseph Perez, hiding in the bushes and threatening police.
While Beebs was trying to help apprehend Perez, the man was able to stab the K9 with a screwdriver. Beebs "sustained a laceration to his mouth, several head wounds and swelling," police said.
Perez was charged with assault and battery on ambulance personnel, assault with a dangerous weapon, three counts of armed assault to murder, trespassing, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, two counts of animal cruelty and threatening to commit a crime.
Beebs has been with the department for two and a half years.