{"id":73563,"date":"2025-12-02T23:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/73563\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T23:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:29:07","slug":"houston-police-k-9-injured-after-being-choked-by-squatter-who-refused-to-leave-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/73563\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston police K-9 injured after being choked by squatter who refused to leave apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A Houston Police Department K-9 is recovering after being choked to the point of unconsciousness, according to court records, by a man who was homeless and refused to leave an apartment unit near NRG Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said they got called to the apartment complex on Holly Hall Street on Sunday for a report of a homeless man in a vacant unit refusing to leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/12\/02\/three-men-charged-with-capital-murder-in-2023-west-houston-apartment-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Three men charged with capital murder in 2023 West Houston apartment shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When they arrived, they found 50-year-old Talmadge Blount in the unit, who continued refusing officers\u2019 verbal commands to leave. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A K-9 was sent in, and Blount allegedly choked the K9, which hasn\u2019t been identified, to the point of unconsciousness, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Blount had to be tased to stop choking the K-9, records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Blount was charged with interference with a police service animal and given a $40,000 bond, records show. He remains in jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">An HPD spokesperson said the K9 is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Blount has several previous convictions, records show, for charges including assault of a public servant, terroristic threat against a public servant, and attempted assault of a peace officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KPRC 2 is working to obtain more information on the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Earlier this year, another law enforcement K-9, named Rocky, was shot in the face by a suspect who was hiding from officials with the U.S. Marshals Office. That dog also recovered from the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/01\/18\/shot-in-the-line-of-duty-k-9-rocky-is-now-out-of-the-hospital-and-healing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shot in the line of duty, K-9 Rocky is now out of the hospital and healing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Houston Police Department K-9 is recovering after being choked to the point of unconsciousness, according to court&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[18354,294,246,6540,696,56,58,57,2543,5171,8556,66,223,18638,36670,36669,36668],"class_list":["post-73563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-animal-abuse","tag-crime","tag-dogs","tag-homeless","tag-homelessness","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-police-department","tag-hpd","tag-k-9","tag-local","tag-news","tag-nrg-park","tag-polce-k-9","tag-squatter","tag-squatting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}