Charges, Coolangatta
A 30-year-old Deception Bay man is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court today charged with stealing and serious assault police after officers attended Coolangatta last night following reports of someone breaking into a vehicle on Marine Parade.
Police attended around 9.30pm and it will be alleged a man fled on foot eventually running into the surf at Coolangatta beach.
The man refused repeated requests for him to exit the surf before a police dog and handler entered the water.
It will be further alleged that a violent struggled ensued during which time the man, and the police officer, sustained dog bite injuries.
The man was transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital for treatment for several dog bites. The 39-year-old senior male constable was treated at Tweed Heads Hospital before being released.
The man has been charged with two counts of stealing and one each serious assault police, obstruct and resist police, and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle.
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