FLORIDA -- A vicious pit bull, illegally stolen from an animal control shelter in October, was recaptured and euthanized on Friday. The owner of the dog was arrested, the Broward Sheriff`s Office said.
Deputies saw Allen Richard Holmes, 25, and his pit bull, Alvin, sitting in Holmes` car at a service station in the 3600 block of Davie Road on Thursday night, Sheriff`s Office spokesman George Crolius said.
When deputies approached Holmes, he gave them a false name card and began to kick the windows after they put him inside the patrol car, Crolius said.
On Oct. 12, an employee at the shelter discovered the dog was missing when he found a gate cut at the shelter at 1871 SW 40th St. The dog was put there on Aug. 29 after it killed a cat and was declared vicious.
Holmes was charged with possession of stolen property, providing false information, resisting arrest with violence, criminal damage to property and loitering.
(Sun Sentinel - January 13, 1990)
