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Man throws dog, assaults daughter

A man was so upset the family dog got sprayed by a skunk on Sunday that he took it out on the dog and then his family, Pocono Mountain Regional police said.

James C. Haney, 44, of 1929 Mountain Road in Tunkhannock Township took the dog and threw it off the back deck, and then assaulted his daughter, police said.

Police were dispatched at 9:59 p.m. Sunday on a report that a man, later identified as Haney, was high on drugs, flipping out and destroying the house. When police got there, they found three girls and Christine Haney, 18, who had locked themselves inside a bedroom.

Police found James Haney, but he was uncooperative. An investigation revealed that he had assaulted his daughter Christine and the dog after it had been sprayed by the skunk. Police also found marijuana and paraphernalia in the home.