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Pgh. man jailed for taunting police dog

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man accused of taunting a police dog is being held in jail on $100,000 bail.

Police say 23-year-old Kenneth King screamed that he hates dogs and threatened to kill the animal Sunday after Benny, a German shepherd, started barking as King walked by the police car in which Benny was sitting. Taunting police animals is a felony.

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