I am so glad that the owner of this pit bull is charged with a crime. This new law is the best thing that could have happened here in Houston. I have found myself in situations where I have been confronted with unleashed pit bulls. Hopefully this will send a message to other pit bull owners that they are totally responsible for the actions of their dogs.
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A Houston dog owner was charged under a new law Wednesday after her pit bull attacked a 77-year-old woman.
The owner has been charged with a third-degree felony under a new state law that went into effect in September of this year.
Harris County Precinct 6 Lt. Mark Timmers said the victim was walking near the 500 block of Hoffman when she was attacked.
Timmins said the dog escaped from its fenced yard.
Witnesses rushed to the woman’s aid and they were able to subdue the dog until emergency personnel arrived.
The victim was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The Houston Police Department arrested the owner of the dog under a new law that provides that owners be more culpable for the actions of their dogs, even when they escape from their property.
Harris County Precinct 6, which was called out to the scene by Harris County District Attorney’s Office, processed the scene and took custody of the adult pit bull.
“This case is the first to be used under the new law which holds owners responsible for attacks by their dogs,” said Lt. Timmers. “The district attorney’s office takes this law very serious.”
Lt. Timmers said a dangerous dog affidavit will be filed on the dog with the hopes of removing the animal from the owner.
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