[Steeltrap]

This appeared on the NPHC listserv. It's from the Associated Press:

YONKERS -- A man was charged with felonious assault after he allegedly threw a pit bull dog at a police officer and then barricaded himself in his house.

Acting Police Chief William McCafferty said a woman called police after she and her husband fought and he left the house. She asked that officers be there when her husband returned.

McCafferty said Earl Simmons (DMX's real name), 31, confronted the officers when he came home and kicked in the door. His wife waited outside with police as Simmons threatened them with his two pit bulls.

He said an officer was backing away from the house and slipped on some ice. Simmons then picked up one of the dogs and allegedly threw it at the officer. The dog came toward the officer, who fired at it, scaring it away.

McCafferty said Simmons barricaded himself in the house and began to weep and pray out loud but emerged a half-hour later. No one was injured.

Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
================================================== ==========