Investigators now say Ian Summers, 30, was an unwelcome trespasser, not a resident, when he brought Robin Johnson to a home on 30th Street on Feb. 10.
Once inside, records state Johnson was attacked by a pit bull named Feisty. Johnson's left leg was later amputated below the knee, and her left arm below the elbow, a new arrest report says.
Summers told deputies investigating the attack that he is "scared to death" of the dog because of its violent history, the report says, and its aggressive behavior.
He explained that when they entered the home, the dog saw Johnson and attacked. Deputies say Summers fled.
"When he attacked I did not want to be anywhere near that dog, he scares the death out of me," Summers reportedly told deputies, "so I left and closed the door."
The home's primary tenant later told deputies that Summers was not a resident, as he'd claimed, but rather had moved out after a sheriff's SWAT team raided the house for narcotics on Nov. 5.
Summers also initially told deputies he ran was to get help at a nearby fire station, but witnesses said it was actually another man who went for help.
Further investigation revealed the dog had been involved in at least three attacks previously, severely injuring an OUC worker in March 2010 and a 47-year-old man at a hotel in September.
A third involved the 2-year-old nephew of the dog's owner, Kevin King. The dog bit the boy under his arm, "removing a large portion" of his skin, reports state.
Summers now faces a charge of burglary of an occupied dwelling, a second-degree felony. He was already charged with culpable negligence, a misdemeanor.
Records show a charge of bite by dangerous dog was filed with the State Attorney's Office for King. The dog was taken into Orange County Animal Services custody after the bite.
Summers told deputies he'd taken Johnson to the home for sex. Johnson, interviewed at the hospital after the attack, said they went there to smoke crack cocaine, reports show.
(Sun Sentinel - Feb 16, 2012)
