Witnesses told 7NEWS that a family of four was walking down the street in the 100 block of E. 6th Avenue Friday night.
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| Who knew that simply walking down the sidewalk would put you at risk of being attacked by a pit bull? |
"I seen the dog running, and I seen it going after the 1-year-old in the stroller," said Julie Kreider, who ran to help. "I just kept thinking about that baby in the stroller."
A police report said the father, Francisco Chacara, saw "a brown-and-white pit bull come running from the front yard" of a nearby home and start to "circle the family."
Police said the dog tried to bit Chacara on the leg and left a hole in his jeans before attacking his 10-year-old son. The boy suffered a minor scrape on his ankle, the police report said.
The dog's owner, Maria Medina, pulled the dog off, the report said. She told officers she had been ticketed in January for failing to restrain an animal.
In the Friday attack, police issued Medina a summons for owning an aggressive animal and failure to restrain an animal.
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| A neighbor says the dog is normally chained inside the fenced yard. How, then, has it been able to escape TWICE??! |
Police said the dog had current rabies vaccinations and was registered, so they left it with the owner to be quarantined.
Neighbors, though, said Medina removed the dog from the home immediately after the attack.
[NOTE: Hello! Of course, she removed the dog after the police left! When she gets to court, she can easily lie and say the dog ran away or that she gave it to some random person and doesn't know who they are or where the dog is now. People do it all the time.
Many, many jurisdictions say that if the dog bites/attacks OFF its property, it doesn't matter if it's current on rabies vaccinations. The dog MUST be quarantined at a shelter or vet's office - in order to give authorities time to determine whether or not to the bite/attack warrants going to court to prevent the owner from getting the dog back. Or to put restrictions on the dog (such as liability insurance, an enclosed kennel, etc.) before the owner is permitted to reclaim the dog. This dog has gotten loose before. Now it's gotten loose AND attacked people. And they leave the dog with the owner?!! My head is exploding.]
(TheDenverChannel.com - Sept 4, 2011)
