BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Told he had warrants out for his arrest, Christian Dumas tried to bargain with deputies earlier this month to avoid going back into custody.
When that didn’t work, he pepper-sprayed one deputy and led another on a brief foot chase in which he was shot at but managed to get away by jumping fences and disappearing into the night, according to court documents.
Five days later, deputies were tipped off to his location. They brought a K-9 with them.
Dumas again chose not to go quietly, the filings say.
He blasted a deputy in the face with bear mace and ran, according to the documents. The dog, Duke, raced after him.
When the dog was about 2 feet away, Dumas turned and sprayed him in the face, the reports say.
It wasn’t enough to stop Duke.
The dog latched onto Dumas and deputies put him in handcuffs. Dumas was taken to Kern Medical for treatment of “five small puncture wounds to the upper right side of his torso”, and later booked into jail.
Dumas, 23, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of using tear gas on a peace officer, three counts of resisting arrest and a single count of willfully harming a peace officer’s dog, all felonies. He has also pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest.