(Michigan City, IN) - A K-9 dog biting a police officer in Michigan City last night quickly made up for his mistake by catching a suspected thief fleeing on foot.

 

Lamar Parker, 32, is being held in the La Porte County Jail on $15,000.

 

According to police, officers after 11 p.m. responded to a report of a man wearing a mask breaking into a vehicle in the 300 block of Cloud St.

 

Police said officers spotted the Michigan City man running on Hendricks St. then after losing sight of him located and stopped him for a short period of time before he fled on foot again.

 

One of the officers pursuing him with a dog was mistakenly bit by the animal. However, the officer and his dog regrouped and within minutes located the suspect last seen entering a wooded area.

 

Police said Parker was arrested but not until bitten on his left arm by the dog. Parker is also suspected of entering or trying to enter vehicles in that same area earlier in the day.

 

Police said the K-9 officer suffered a “moderate injury” from the bite inflicted by his dog.

 

Parker is charged with resisting law enforcement and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle.