Police K9 Bites Suspect's Cell Phone Causing Fire
(Cottage Grove, OR) -- No injuries are reported after a police K-9 bit a suspect's phone, causing it to catch fire. It happened Monday in Cottage Grove. Police say 44-year-old Robert Clark was wanted for several crimes in Eastern Oregon when officers tracked him down in Cottage Grove. He allegedly ran out the back of a house when he saw deputies. K-9 Hektor caught up with him and bit the cell phone in his pocket. The phone caught fire. Clark was cleared by medics and taken to jail. In addition to new charges in Lane County, Clark has warrants out of Umatilla and Morrow counties.



