County seeks reduction in Glen Burnie dead dog jury award

Anne Arundel County on Thursday asked a court to reduce a $1.25 million judgment against it and one of its police officers, who shot and killed a Glen Burnie family's dog in 2014.

A jury returned a verdict May 9 concluding the officer, Rodney Price, was grossly negligent and awarded Michael Reeves $500,000 in economic and $750,000 in noneconomic damages for the anguish caused by the death of Vernon, his Chesapeake Bay retriever.

Price claimed he shot the dog after it confronted him as he was investigating a burglary and canvassing Reeves' neighborhood.

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