Dogs Bite Decatur Al: UPPER DARBY, DELAWARE COUNTY PA - A MAN WAS MAULED BY HIS PIT BULL/GERMAN SHEPHERD MIX AND WAS FORCED TO SHOOT IT - THE MAN HAD A BENCH WARRANT OUT ON HIM AND THE PIT MIX HAD AT LEAST 2 PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS FOR AGGRESSION

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

UPPER DARBY, DELAWARE COUNTY PA - A MAN WAS MAULED BY HIS PIT BULL/GERMAN SHEPHERD MIX AND WAS FORCED TO SHOOT IT - THE MAN HAD A BENCH WARRANT OUT ON HIM AND THE PIT MIX HAD AT LEAST 2 PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS FOR AGGRESSION

A man hospitalized after being attacked by his dog Thursday night was found to be wanted by authorities for failing to appear in court on a resisting arrest offense back in 2014.

Officers responded about 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a residence in the 7100 block of Emerson Street “for a radio call for someone screaming inside,” township Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said Friday.

Inside the house, according to the superintendent, officers found Jonathan Lucas, 44, bleeding from both legs and a dead dog under the dining room table. On the floor was a .44-caliber revolver with four spent shells and one live round in the chamber.

“The dog was shot multiple times,’ Chitwood said.

According to Lucas’ statement, “the dog was attacking him and he shot the dog in self-defense,” Chitwood said.

“His left ankle and thigh were mangled,” Chitwood said, adding Lucas was taken by ambulance to Delaware County Memorial Hospital.

Chitwood described the dog as a 2-year-old PIT BULL/GERMAN SHEPHERD MIX. He also said the dog has been the subject of at least two previous complaints for aggression.

Lucas has had repeated contact with police and how the 2014 bench warrant went unnoticed is under investigation.

“I don’t know exactly when the bench warrant was issued,” Chitwood said.

According to Chitwood, Lucas was administered NARCAN following heroin overdoses on Oct. 7 and April 8 of this year, and Dec. 3, 2014. All three times, he was found unconscious at his residence. The opioid antidote was twice administered by police, and once by paramedics.

In addition, police responded to the Emerson Street residence for an aggressive animal complaint on Feb. 8, 2016. And on Dec. 15, 2015, a woman on Long Lane told police she was walking her dog on Emerson Street when the dog in question attacked her pet.

Chitwood said Lucas remained hospitalized in serious condition as of Friday afternoon.

http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20161118/man-attacked-by-dog-is-nipped-by-outstanding-warrant

1 comment:

Dayna Hamilton said...: Finally! A pos owner with an aggressive pit/mix gets to be his pet's chew toy!; November 23, 2016 at 10:41 PM

THE CODE OF ALABAMA - 1975

Title: 6 CIVIL PRACTICE

Section 6-5-120

Defined.

A "nuisance" is anything that works hurt, inconvenience or damage to another. The fact that the act done may otherwise be lawful does not keep it from being a nuisance. The inconvenience complained of must not be fanciful or such as would affect only one of a fastidious taste, but it should be such as would affect an ordinary reasonable man.

(Code 1907, §5193; Code 1923, §9271; Code 1940, T. 7, §1081

Section 6-5-121

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Distinction between public and private nuisances; right of action generally.

Nuisances are either public or private. A public nuisance is one which damages all persons who come within the sphere of its operation, though it may vary in its effects on individuals. A private nuisance is one limited in its injurious effects to one or a few individuals. Generally, a public nuisance gives no right of action to any individual, but must be abated by a process instituted in the name of the state. A private nuisance gives a right of action to the person injured.

(Code 1907, §5196; Code 1923, §9274; Code 1940, T. 7, §1084.)

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http://www.vestaviahills.net/CityDepartments/PublicWorks/AnimalDogControl/tabid/143/Default.aspx

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http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/13A-3-23.htm

Section 13A-3-23

Use of force in defense of a person.

(a) A person is justified in using physical force upon another person in order to defend himself or herself or a third person from what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person, and he or she may use a degree of force which he or she reasonably believes to be necessary for the purpose. A person may use deadly physical force, and is legally presumed to be justified in using deadly physical force in self-defense or the defense of another person pursuant to subdivision (4), if the person reasonably believes that another person is:

(1) Using or about to use unlawful deadly physical force.

(2) Using or about to use physical force against an occupant of a dwelling while committing or attempting to commit a burglary of such dwelling.

(3) Committing or about to commit a kidnapping in any degree, assault in the first or second degree, burglary in any degree, robbery in any degree, forcible rape, or forcible sodomy.

(4) In the process of unlawfully and forcefully entering, or has unlawfully and forcefully entered, a dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle, or federally licensed nuclear power facility, or is in the process of sabotaging or attempting to sabotage a federally licensed nuclear power facility, or is attempting to remove, or has forcefully removed, a person against his or her will from any dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle when the person has a legal right to be there, and provided that the person using the deadly physical force knows or has reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act is occurring. The legal presumption that a person using deadly physical force is justified to do so pursuant to this subdivision does not apply if:

a. The person against whom the defensive force is used has the right to be in or is a lawful resident of the dwelling, residence, or vehicle, such as an owner or lessee, and there is not an injunction for protection from domestic violence or a written pretrial supervision order of no contact against that person;

b. The person sought to be removed is a child or grandchild, or is otherwise in the lawful custody or under the lawful guardianship of, the person against whom the defensive force is used;

c. The person who uses defensive force is engaged in an unlawful activity or is using the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle to further an unlawful activity; or

d. The person against whom the defensive force is used is a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his or her official duties.

(b) A person who is justified under subsection (a) in using physical force, including deadly physical force, and who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and is in any place where he or she has the right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground.

(1) With intent to cause physical injury or death to another person, he or she provoked the use of unlawful physical force by such other person.

(2) He or she was the initial aggressor, except that his or her use of physical force upon another person under the circumstances is justifiable if he or she withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to the other person his or her intent to do so, but the latter person nevertheless continues or threatens the use of unlawful physical force.

(3) The physical force involved was the product of a combat by agreement not specifically authorized by law.

(d) A person who uses force, including deadly physical force, as justified and permitted in this section is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force, unless the force was determined to be unlawful.

(e) A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for investigating the use of force described in subsection (a), but the agency may not arrest the person for using force unless it determines that there is probable cause that the force used was unlawful.