Wedding Crasher Bites Cop and Dog Before He is Thrown Out

Santa Barbara police have detained a 22-year-old man they say crashed a wedding, then bit an officer and a police dog during a six-minute tussle. Sgt. Riley Harwood says police were called Saturday night after a stranger, who may have been on drugs crashed the wedding at the Santa Barbara Carriage Museum.

Harwood says guests evicted him. But during a confrontation with two arriving officers, he punched one in the face and bit his shoulder, then bit a police dog on the leg. The confused dog also bit an officer. Harwood says after he was handcuffed, the man attacked a third officer. Two officers were treated for various injuries.  Harwood says the man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and will be arrested when he’s released.