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| "Bull" apparently really hates his owner and wants to kill her |
Today, two women suffered serious bite wounds in the privacy of their Oak Road home.
“We received a call from a frantic female 911 caller that a dog has broken into her house and had attacked her and her elderly mother,” said Sgt. Matt Blank, with the St. Joseph County Police.
In mid September, police were called to the same home in the 56-thousand block of Oak Road for the same thing.
Today it was clear that the home had been the scene of a vicious attack because 68 year old Nancy Peppers suffered a compound fracture of the ankle.
“When we first responded, the 68 year old had locked herself into her bedroom so that any dog that was in there acting aggressively, trying to get at her, wouldn’t be able to do that,” said Capt. Matt Blank. “The other female party had gotten on to the deck right outside the door and was waiting for emergency responders there.”
While police found three dogs on the property—all three belonged to the homeowners.
“As for right now, in my personal opinion, in the experience, I think it was the homeowner’s dog who did the attacking,” said Jordan McGuire with the St. Joseph County Humane Society.
McGuire was referring to a one-eyed Pit Bull mix named “Bull” that was present inside the home during both incidents.
In September, it was alleged that Bull was attacked by an intruding dog that broke through the window of the front door of the home.
“He’s my baby, I would have done anything to save him, make sure he didn’t get killed,” Theresa Reeves told News Center 16 at the time of the September attack.
In September, Bull’s bruises, scratches and bite wounds seemed to back up the story that he was attacked by a canine intruder, and that Teresa Reeves was bitten when she tried to break up the fight.
Today, Bull didn’t seem to have a scratch on him, according to police.
“Very mysterious,” said Jordan McGuire. If there was a dog that happened to come in there, you’re going to find some type of injury on one dog or another, absolutely.”
Police say they went to the hospital in the afternoon to check on the victims of the attack, and that is when the story unraveled.
Sgt. Blank said that Teresa Reeves admitted that Bull was the dog that did the biting.
The Humane Society did not remove the dog from the home because it was properly licensed and up to date on its vaccinations.
[How about you charge her for filing a false police report?! Hello! This woman has an obviously dangerous, aggressive dog on her property which has definitely attacked her once, possibly twice, and they simply let her keep it? How about you declare the dog dangerous? If I lived in this woman's neighborhood, I would not just sit idly and not get something done about this. Heck, if this dog wants to kill this idiot owner, whatever, but more likely this dog will get loose and kill an innocent neighbor.]
(WNDU - Oct 25, 2011)
