BAYVIEW — A man with a violent criminal history was arrested Friday in Bayview by sheriff’s deputies who report he choked and punched a K-9 and a deputy.

Steven Patrick Namid Droogs appeared to be intoxicated as he walked along Perimeter Road around 7:20 a.m., according to a Kootenai County sheriff’s deputy who stopped Droogs to check on him.

Droogs allegedly gave the deputy a false name and fled on foot when the deputy tried to determine if he was armed.

According to the sheriff’s office, the deputy ordered Droogs to stop, but he refused.

“The deputy deployed a Taser and Droogs fell to the ground. However, Droogs was able to pull free from the Taser wires and continued to run,” said a news release. “While running, Droogs told the deputy he was armed with an ‘AR’ and told the deputy to kill him because he wasn’t going back to prison.”

The foot chase led to a home at 17561 Perimeter Road. The residents reportedly told the deputies they did not know Droogs.

Deputies searched the residence, with the owner’s permission, and reported finding a Taser probe on a bedroom dresser along with the jacket Droogs had been wearing, with the second probe still in it.

Deputies then discovered Droogs had climbed into the attic of the home. The deputies reportedly ordered the man to come out of the house, but he refused, so they sprayed him with pepper spray.

Droogs still refused to come out, the deputies reported, so the Kootenai County K-9 was deployed.

“Droogs choked and punched the K-9 and then also punched the deputy several times,” said the news release. “The K-9 was able to successfully subdue Droogs, who finally surrendered to deputies.”

Droogs has been charged with battery on a K-9, battery on an officer, obstruction, and giving false information to an officer.

Droogs was wanted by the Idaho Department of Correction for absconding probation on a manslaughter charge that had been reduced down from first-degree murder.

Droogs also had an active warrant in Nez Perce County for aggravated assault committed after his release. Droogs served less than half his original sentence before being released by Correction. He has a lengthy multi-state criminal history in Nebraska, Idaho, Washington, and California. Droogs’ history includes murder, possession of drugs, paraphernalia, criminal trespassing, grand theft, probation violations and assault charges.