The Brief
- The city of San Jose will pay Anthony Paredes $1.6 million after a K-9 bit his neck for one minute.
- This is the 2nd-highest K-9 bite settlement in California history, according to Paredes’ lawyer.
- Police sent the dog to attack Paredes after his girlfreind was accused of stealing tequila from Safeway in 2020.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The city of San Jose has agreed to pay $1.6 million to a man who was accused of helping his girlfriend steal tequila and was then attacked by a police K-9 for one minute – the second highest K-9 award in the state of California.
The city council on Tuesday agreed to the amount, which will be paid to Anthony Paredes, whose windpipe was shredded and whose thyroid cartilage was fractured during the 60-second dog bite, according to his attorney, Izaak Schwaiger.
Schwaiger said only one other K-9 case in California yielded a higher amount – $2 million — and in that case, the victim died. …