In case you were planning on masturbating your K-9 dog, you may want to think again.  Apparently, if you are caught, you face up to a year in prison with a maximum of $1000 fine.  That's pretty stiff.

Unfortunately for 5 Virginia Correction Department officers, no one told them about this before hand.  Instead, they decided to masturbate one of the K-9 dogs ... videotaping the incident, you know, in case they wanted to watch it at some later date.  To make matters even more stupid, they showed the film to fellow correction officers.  Considering you are hearing about it here, you can assume that someone found the incident a bit less than funny.

Facing misdemeanor animal-cruelty charges are Kelvin Thompson, 25, who works at Green Rock Correctional Center in Chatham; Melvin Boone, 40, who worked at the state prison in Sussex County; Adam R. Webb, 27, and Cheri Campbell, 35, who work at Nottoway Correctional Center; and Anthony Eldridge, 33, a sergeant who worked at Nottoway. Source: www2.starexponent.com

Now that we know who they are, what could have possibly led these guys to do that to a dog?  Are they simply watching too much South Park?  While I loved the 'Red Rocket' episode, it never occurred to me to go out and masturbate my dog.

... Thompson was told by the others, “If you masturbate your K-9 unit, you’ll have greater control over it.“ Source: www2.starexponent.com

Well, stupid is what stupid does.