Nevada sex assault suspect injured by police dog

A man wanted in Nevada on a sexual assault charge was injured by a police dog Saturday after trying to evade capture in Spokane, authorities said. Joel Cardenas, 39, was treated at a Spokane-area hospital for unspecified injuries before being booked into Spokane County Jail, where he’ll remain pending extradition to Nevada, according to the Spokane Police Department. He was located in the backyard of northwest Spokane home about 8:30 p.m. after Nevada authorities issued a nationwide alert requesting his apprehension. Officers first went to a home in the 1600 block of West Cleveland about 2:30 p.m. after learning Cardenas might be there, the department said. A tipster called several hours later saying that Cardenas had returned to the home and officers were dispatched back to the scene. When officers arrived, Cardenas fled from a second-story window, according to police. K-9 Officer Dan Lesser and his police dog, Rav, were deployed and found Cardenas hiding in a back yard in the 1700 block of West Cleveland.