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| Mauling by dogs - owner 180 days in jail |
| By dispatch.com |
| Published: 04/05/2011 |
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A Delaware man is to serve 180 days in jail for allowing his dogs to badly maul an elderly man who needed several surgeries to repair his injuries. Virgil Mitchell III, 34, also was ordered yesterday to pay $380,000 to cover medical bills stemming from the attack by his Cane Corso mastiffs. Delaware County Common Pleas Judge Everett Kruger also ordered Mitchell to perform 240 hours of community service, including 40 hours at a dog shelter or humane society, and barred him from owning dogs for five years. Mitchell is to be placed on work release after serving 45 days in jail and must spend all nonworking hours in jail for the remaining 135 days. James Bright, 67, of Delaware, was attacked by four of Mitchell's dogs on Oct. 5 as he walked near Mitchell's home on S. Washington Street near London Road. Mitchell had pleaded guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor count of failing to confine a vicious dog and four second-degree misdemeanor counts of allowing animals to run at large. Mitchell's dogs were seized by authorities and euthanized. He had been charged six times since 2001 with allowing his dogs to roam, and one of the dogs had bitten someone in 2008. He pleaded guilty to the misdemeanors to avoid a felony charge. Read More. |
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