CROSBY, TX -- Two Crosby residents are charged with failure to secure their dogs after the two pit bull-mixes mauled a 10-year-old neighbor, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Kimberly Sheppard, 28, and Michael Haynes, 30, were charged with negligent failure to secure a dog resulting in an attack, sheriff’s office spokesman Deputy Thomas Gilliland said. The offense is a third-degree felony, punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
The attack happened about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, when the boy (identified as 10 year old Mario Lopez) was riding his bicycle in the 500 block of Elk.
The dogs, who live next door to the boy, attacked him for no reason, Gilliland wrote in an email. “The boy was mauled on his upper torso and lower legs,” Gilliland wrote. “He was LifeFlighted from the area and is in good condition.”
The dogs had been unsecured all day and were taken by Harris County Animal Control officers, according to Gilliland.
(Chronicle - July 3, 2011)
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