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LI cops praise their canine partners' police work

Talk about taking a bite out of crime.

When an ex-con suspected of a New Cassel robbery lunged at the Nassau County police officer questioning him earlier this week, the officer's German shepherd, Thunder, had a fierce reaction involving his teeth and the suspect's thigh, authorities said.

It wasn't Thunder's first, ahem, collar of the week.

Just about 24 hours earlier, Thunder...

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