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K-9 Officer Josh Evans and Una

LARKSVILLE — Police used a K-9 Monday to subdue several suspects, one of whom police say banged his head off a police car, allegedly suggesting he would claim that police were beating him.

Borough police received a report on Monday at about 8:30 p.m. that three males and one female were allegedly knocking on people’s doors and running away.

K-9 Officer Josh Evans responded and found the group walking near East State Street. When confronted, one male ran toward the side of a house. Evans had the department K-9 officer, “Una,” get out of his vehicle and gave her a command to bark, which police say caused the males to put their hands in the air, and one of them to lie down on the ground.

The female continued walking away from the scene, police said.

With assistance from Courtdale police, the three males were detained. One, identified as Charles Weitz, 19, of Hanover Township, had a bench warrant for failure to appear on theft charges filed by Kingston police. The other were from Plymouth.

During a search, police found that Weitz was in possession of 15 packs of synthetic marijuana, two glass smoking devices and four cell phones. He began to be uncooperative with the officers, allegedly making the statement, “That s**t ain’t mine, even if you found it on me.”

When placed in the back of a police vehicle, police say, Weitz began to bang his head off the partition and allegedly said, “Look, these punk-a** cops are beating me up.”

All three males were taken to the Larksville police station for processing. Weitz was transported to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility and jailed on the bench warrant. The other two males were released.

Additional charges are pending on all three males, police said.