Dog bought off of Craigslist attacks boy

SOUTH CAROLINA -- A 6-year-old boy has a broken arm and wounds on his arms and legs after Greer police said he was attacked by a pit bull while walking through a yard after school on Thursday.

Officers were sent to a home on Harvey Road after a boy was rushed to the hospital following the attack Thursday afternoon, according to the police report.

Lt. Jim Holcombe with Greer police said the boy was cutting through a backyard where the dog was chained when he was attacked.

The report states the boy had just gotten off of the school bus when he was bitten by the dog, a pit bull named Bones.

The dog's owner told police she bought him off of Craigslist in May but had yet to take him to a veterinarian, so she did not have any paperwork or vaccination information for him, according to the report.

The boy was taken to the children's hospital in Greenville for emergency surgery because the bites were so severe his arm was broken in three places, according to the report.

Animal Control was notified and the dog's owner was cited with dangerous dog, inoculation required, failure to obtain a city license, according to police.
(CBS46 - Aug 29, 2014)