TOWER CITY, PA -- Borough police said a pit bull crashed through a screen door and attacked a 47-year-old woman Tuesday afternoon.
The victims' injuries were not serious, Sgt. John Boyer said.
The attack falls on the heels of two pit bull attacks in Pottsville last week.
According to Boyer, the victim was walking in an alley near Fourth Street about 1:45 p.m. when the pit bull ran through the door and attacked her.
The victim, whose name Boyer withheld pending further investigation, was transported by Tower City EMS to a local hospital for treatment.
Boyer said additional information will be available as early as today.
On June 22, three children were attacked in the 300 block of Fleet Street when their family pet turned on them.
One of the children, a 13-year-old girl, was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, for treatment. She has since been released, Pottsville police said.
Two other children, both under the age of 10, were treated at local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Frank Spleen, Pottsville health and animal control officer, said the pit bull's owner, Justin Eaddy, 320 Fleet St., produced documentation after the attack showing that his animal had up-to-date rabies shots but did not have the animal licensed in Schuylkill County as required by law, for which he will be cited.
Eaddy is the father of the children attacked.
On Thursday, an 8-year-old boy was bitten by a pit bull that was fighting with another dog in the 500 block of East Market Street.
The boy was treated at a local hospital for bite wounds, authorities said.
Charges may be filed in Thursday's case as well, Spleen said.
(Republican Herald - June 29, 2011)
