A Savannah-Chatham police K9 ran down a man suspected of breaking into a car and stealing a purse Tuesday afternoon.
The K9 chased down and bit 20-year-old Mark Deon Mack near the Truman Parkway after the suspect, attempting to flee a pursuing patrol car, struck a guardrail and then an police cruiser in a white Dodge that matched the description witnesses told police they’d seen leaving a daycare center in the 8800 block of White Bluff Road where a car was broken into and a purse was stolen from it, said Julian Miller, police spokesman.
The stolen purse was located at a convenience store in the 3200 block of Skidaway Road where someone had attempted to use a bank card to buy gas, Miller said.
Mack, who was transported to Memorial University Medical Center and treated for the dog bite, was charged with entering auto and party to the crime of financial transaction card fraud.
Miller said detectives were continuing their investigation into the incident.