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Middletown police kill 2 pit bulls during arrest

Originally published: January 18, 2013 11:00 AM
Updated: January 18, 2013 11:17 AM
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Middletown police car is shown in this

Photo credit: AP | A Middletown police car is shown in this file photo. (Feb. 8, 2012)

Middletown police were forced to shoot and kill two pit bulls during an arrest Wednesday, authorities said.

Officers responding to a disturbance at a home that morning were talking to Shawn Beach, 32, when they learned he was wanted by police in nearby Port Jervis, police told the Times Herald-Record of Middletown.

During the arrest, officers were forced to shoot pit bulls that charged...

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