Friday, February 10, 2012

Woman could lose both legs, arm after pit bull attack

FLORIDA -- Orange County deputies say 30-year-old Ian Summers knew Feisty the pit bull was dangerous, but that didn't keep him from bringing a woman over to his house on Thursday morning.

When Fiesty turned on the woman, deputies say, Summers fled as the dog mauled her nearly to death.


A deputy arriving at the home on 30th Street after the attack described seeing blood and human flesh in the living room, and drag marks from when witnesses pulled the woman to safety.

Investigators met with Summers, an arrest report says, who had brought the victim, Robin Johnson, to the home for sex. Records show Summers described himself as a "dog expert."

The report says he told deputies the pit bull belonged to another man, who wasn't home. Summers said he is "scared to death" of the dog because of its violent history, the report says.


"I had to introduce her to the dog because he is very aggressive and has bitten five people over the last month," Summers said, according to deputies.

He went on to explain that when they entered the home, the dog "saw [Johnson] and attacked because he did not know her," the report says. That's when 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 told deputies, the report says, "so I left and closed the door."

Summers told deputies he planned to run to a nearby fire station, but a witness said she didn't know where he was going and didn't hear him say he was going for help.

The witness and another visitor at the home dragged Johnson to a bedroom for safety, the report states. She was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.


The report states that Johnson, identified by deputies as a "known prostitute," could potentially lose both of her legs and an arm as a result of wounds suffered in the dog's attack.

Deputies concluded that Summers had failed to protect Johnson by securing an animal he knew to be dangerous. He was charged with culpable negligence, and remains in jail.

(Orlando Sentinel - Feb 10, 2012)