The Rottweiler bit his right hand, he told police. He left the apartment, returned to his residence and passed out, he told police.
Once in the booking room of the police department, Ertel would not cooperate with corrections officers, according to the report. He was moved to a holding cell without incident, police said. He remains in the Middletown City Jail, records show.
Police were called to the apartment complex after a resident said he noticed his two dogs were out of the locked apartment. When he got in his apartment, he saw their food bowls were knocked over and the kitchen window was open. There also were blood spots on the kitchen floor, he said.
Police noticed that a window of a nearby apartment was open and they could hear loud music. They noticed that there was a spot of blood on the outside of the window, according to the report. Police then went to that apartment, and after no one answered the door, they entered and announced themselves several times, the report said.
Another man in the apartment, Justin Welch, 31, was charged with obstructing official business and resisting arrest.
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