"He would hang stuff on trees or the school yard fence – stuffed animals or footballs – just so his dogs could rip the stuff up," said Robin Parkinson, 56, of dog owner Damien "Dread" Jones. "It was an accident waiting to happen."
Jayelin Graham died last night in a Brooklyn house of horror after one of the brutal beasts tore out his throat, police said. Jones is the boyfriend of Graham's mother.
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| 'Monster dog' that killed a 4-year-old in Brooklyn |
The dangerous dogs – including a Pit Bull, a Husky mix [I think it was a Belgian Malinois] and the Cane Corso mix that attacked Jayelin – panicked residents as they roamed Pacific Street.
"I asked him what kind of dogs are those?" Parkinson recalled.
"Monster dogs," the master replied.
"He could clear the block with them dogs," she said. "He used to punch them in the heads, kick them in the ribs, brutal."
Inside the fetid zoo of an apartment blood smeared from the living room to a bedroom. A putrid smell permeated the place and flies hovered over dog feces in every room. A giant parrot cage rose four feet high in the center of the living room. Motorcycle wheels were stacked in the kitchen.
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| Dog maul victim Jayelin Graham, 4, front right |
A rectangular shape was all that remained of where dog cages had been kept – and a metal training collar rested on the blood-drenched floor.
When the massive mauler sunk sharp incisors into the boy’s neck, his mother Sequina "Honey" Jubeark let out earsplitting screams.
A next door neighbor, who identified himself only as "Jah" said he shattered the window and tried to rescue the helpless four year-old.
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| After tranquilizing the dog, it was hauled off |
"You could tell by the blood that he dragged the kid from the bedroom into the living room," he said.
"I screamed move and the dog dropped the kid and went into a defensive position," he added. "He was staring at me."
"The baby was dead," he said. "The blood was down all around the abdomen."
Jah, and two others, wanted to kill the 100-pound killer canine, but then EMS arrived, he said.
"I told them you got to call backup. That dog is trained to kill," he recalled.
It took the strength of ten firemen to subdue the vicious dog, he said.
Police made about a half dozen arrests at the scene after getting into scuffles with residents, sources said.
Authorities also took in the tot’s 24-year-old mother in for questioning– but it’s unlikely that she’ll face charges, sources said.
The dogs were turned over to Animal Care and Control. The agency is holding the biting beast at their upper Manhattan center for a ten day quarantine, the agency said
Meanwhile, neighbors said Jones, who belongs to a motorcycle club, peeled off on his cowhide-covered hog at 11 p.m.
The couple had two other children in the house, ages 5 and 2.
They turned their apartment into a nightmarish managerie, which included the hounds, a parrot and a fish tank, sources said.
The baby’s great-grandfather Ameer Jamaal-Uddin, 59, visited the tragic scene today, saying he worried about the other two children.
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| The boy's great-grandfather, Ameer Jamal-Vddin, and mother of the boy outside the Brooklyn house of horrors. |
"What a horrible way to die," he said.
"I didn’t particularly appreciate the dogs," the great-grandfather added.
"They were vicious animals."
(NY Post - May 28, 2011)
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