A judge has ruled that a man who is accused of stabbing a police dog is mentally competent to understand court proceedings and set a trial date for Nov. 8.<\/p>\n
Criminal proceedings resumed against Dedrick Daknell Jones, 36, after San Diego Superior Court Judge Cindy Davis issued her ruling after reading a psychiatric evaluation done on Jones while in jail.<\/p>\n
His lawyer told a judge in July he suspected Jones might not be competent, which resulted in the suspension of criminal proceedings and the psychiatric evaluation.<\/p>\n
Jones was living in a tent on a sidewalk in the 3700 block of Riley Street in the Midway District when he had an altercation with a police dog on Dec. 17, 2021. Police officers were responding to a business owner’s complaint about Jones, which his attorney said was unjustified.<\/p>\n
Jones is accused of pulling a knife and stabbing Hondo, 2-3 inches in the chest, but the canine made a full recovery and went back on duty 1 1\/2 weeks later, according to police.<\/p>\n
At the time, Jones was on probation for stabbing another police dog, Titan, who lost 6-8 inches of his colon and had to have 100 stitches to close his wound after an operation in another incident in the Midway District on Jan. 25, 2021.<\/p>\n
Jones pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty with a knife and resisting arrest. He was sentenced to a year in jail on two years of probation. In his current case, he is charged with felony assault on a police dog, felony animal cruelty, and brandishing a knife.<\/p>\n
Jones remains in jail without bail and has pleaded not guilty to his current case.<\/p>\n
Police Chief David Nisleit said after Jones’ second arrest for stabbing a second police dog that “our system must do a better job holding violent offenders accountable.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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