Editor’s Note: A photo included at the bottom of the story of the man’s leg wound is graphic and may upset some readers.

A man has filed a lawsuit against the Lower Paxton Police Department, claiming excessive force when officers unleashed a police dog in his home that bit his arm and chewed on his leg during an arrest last year, leaving disfiguring and painful injuries.

The lawsuit by Justin Ashley, 31, of Lower Paxton Township, names Public Safety Director Adam Kosheba, the township, Dauphin County and three officers as defendants. The officers include Corporal Chad Miller, a member of Lower Paxton’s K-9 Unit, Patrolman First Class Andrew Brady, and Detective Daniel Smeck.

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