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  • Man charged with killing police dog could get life under 'three strikes' law

    10/25/2007 8:03:45 AM PDT · by Bean Counter · 39 replies · 48+ views
    The Oregonian ^ | October 25, 2007 | HOLLEY GILBERT
    VANCOUVER -- A transient arrested Tuesday for shooting and killing a Vancouver police dog could go to prison for life under the state's three-strikes law if convicted. Ronald James Chenette, 38, appeared Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court, accused of harming a police dog and unlawful possession of a firearm in the shooting of Dakota, a 5-year-old German shepherd. The mood at the Vancouver Police Department's canine unit Wednesday was subdued, but the agency gratefully acknowledged the public outpouring of support. Officer Roger Evans, Dakota's handler, spent the day at home. "It's been very tough," said Kim Kapp, a police...