One Reason they Don't Call Fairbanks the "Paris of the North"

Admittedly, unlike Paris, Fairbanks is not beset by riots.

However:

FAIRBANKS -- The state court system has bitten back in the case of the man accused of biting his dog.

A District Court judge sentenced John Ray Martin, 39, of Fairbanks to 60 days in jail after he pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of cruelty to animals last week as attorneys prepared for a trial...

Martin was arrested after witnesses called police to Golden Heart Plaza following what they called an attack on the dog. A witness told police Martin put the dog in a headlock and bit part of its ear off after the dog's previous owner asked for the animal back because Martin wasn't taking good care of it.