Police Officer Bitten by Dog, Among 3 Taken to Hospital in Kasson Fight

Kasson, MN (KROC-AM News)- A police officer was among three people taken to a hospital following a fight in Kasson late Thursday night. 

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That’s according to Kasson Police Chief Joshua Hanson. He said the officer and suspect have since been released from medical care. 

The suspect is now in custody and is facing a felony assault charge, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dodge County Court Friday morning. 

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Hanson says law enforcement responded to the report of a fight in progress involving four people in the 200 block of Central Avenue in Kasson shortly after 11:15 p.m. 

One of the responding officers was bitten in the calf by a dog upon arriving at the scene to break up the fight. He was treated at a hospital then released, according to the criminal complaint. 

Emergency medical personnel arrived to treat other injuries at the scene. Two of the men involved in the fight were transported by ambulance to a hospital. 

Hanson says one of the people transported to the hospital was the suspect. He’s identified as 32-year-old Randy Marin of Kasson. 

The other man, listed in the complaint as the victim, had gone to Marin’s residence after a fight had started between Marin and another person in the home. 

The criminal complaint says Marin struck the victim with frying pans. The victim and Marin were both treated and released from the hospital 

Marin is charged with one count of second-degree assault. He made his first appearance in Dodge County Court Friday morning.