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Jailed owner: Will put dog down
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UNDER CONTROL: Detective Sgt. Mike Lambert of the Youngstown Police Department removes a Rottweiler dog from a Donald Avenue home on the city’s West Side. Police suspect the dog attacked a 10-year-old boy Tuesday. Lambert removed the animal Wednesday afternoon.
The boy’s mother said he is home recovering from the attack.
By JOHN W. GOODWIN JR.
VINDICATOR CRIME REPORTER
YOUNGSTOWN — The owner of a large Rottweiler dog that attacked a boy will have to come up with $10,000 before he is released from Mahoning County jail.
Police charged Nathan Haynes, 31, of Judson Avenue, with two misdemeanors for reportedly not properly confining his dog, and two felonies, one for reportedly not confining the dog and another for the dog making the reported attack Tuesday on a 10-year-old boy.
Tracy Davis, the boy’s mother, said her son is recovering at home. She said the wound to his arm has been stitched, but is not completely closed because doctors want it to properly drain. The family is hoping the boy’s emotional scars can heal as well.
“He is shaken up and has had a few nightmares, but he is coming along well,” Davis told Judge Elizabeth Kobly at a hearing Wednesday in Youngstown Municipal Court.
Haynes walked into court wearing a jogging suit and casual shoes, but after his arraignment before Judge Kobly, officers led him away to jail wearing handcuffs and leg shackles.
Judge Kobly set bond at $5,000 cash or surety for each felony count against Haynes. She also ordered Haynes to keep the dog confined as a condition of his bond.
“If this dog gets loose just one time, you are going to get arrested, your bond will be forfeited, and you are going to sit in jail,” the judge added.
Haynes told the judge that keeping the dog confined would be a moot point because he had plans on putting the animal down immediately. He said this is the second time the dog has bit someone, and he cannot condone that type of action.
“I have had [dogs] all my life, too, your honor, and this is the first time this has happened to me,” Haynes added.
Dave Nelson, county dog warden, told the court the dog had not been taken into custody before Haynes was arraigned, but by late Wednesday afternoon that had changed.
Nelson said he was planning to search three homes used by Haynes to determine where the Rottweiler was being housed and if Haynes had other animals.
Nelson and police surrounded a house in the 2000 block of Donald Avenue on the West Side and took possession of the dog.
Nelson said Haynes originally was arrested on an outstanding warrant involving an attack by the same dog in July 2009. In that case, the dog bit a man in the buttocks.
Police discovered the warrant dated Oct. 28, 2009.
The felony charges stem from the attack on the 10-year-old boy.
Police said the boy was walking from the old Stambaugh School up the street when the dog broke loose from its chain at 2339 Donald Ave. and attacked him. The boy said he was not trying to call the dog or get its attention when the dog rushed him.
The dog grabbed the boy’s forearm, pulled him to the ground and began dragging him around, police said.
jgoodwin@vindy.com
Comments
You know people any dog can be vicious its all about how they are raised and trained. You CANNOT put a dog outside on chain and just leave it there. All dogs need to be socialized and trained. I personally have a pit-bull mix that is they best dog I have ever had. He is walked fairly regularily and has been socialized. People have to be responsible and understand that before they purchase a dog of any type
Its not the dog, Its the owner.
Any dog with teeth can attack.
Unfortuately, the dog has to pay the price - the trashy owner still gets to live and make poor choices.
Please stop chaining your dogs, a lifetime sentence is no way to live.
Again we have people out there who blame the dog. As Ginger76 stated any dog can attack. Let's see as a child I was bitten by a Beagle and a Weiner Dog..Vicious right?? Let's ban them too. It's the irresponsible owner.. put blame where blame is due.
IF the IDIOT owner had the proper chain on the dog this would not of happened!! So now they will kill the dog because of the owner. Its the owner that gives ALL dogs a bad name, not just the pitts/rotts. I was bitten several times by my dachshund when I was young, lets ban them. Just like guns dont kill people, people kill people. Wake up people.
I was bitten by a yorkie and a border collie...
Stupid owners...
Irresponsible dog owners give so many dogs a bad name. I think the solution lies in "an ear for an ear".
Prior to criminal sentencing the owner should be forced to live 24-72 hours (randomly determined and without informing the suspect) in the exact same conditions that the dog was kept in. (ie. chained up outdoors in the cold for 10-16 hours in a muddy yard with only a bowl of dirty water and some stale bread to eat if any food at all; Then they are let into an unheated house or garage to sleep on the floor or in a small cage with nothing more than a small piece of carpet to sleep on.
I think this may provide the proper amount of time to reflect on what they have done.
As for putting the dog down because he doesn't know how to control his own animal, I think he should be forced to send the animal at his expense to Caesar Milan's rehabilitation center and lose ownership of the dog.
A purebred Rottweiler has an exceptionally good nature and you will not find this dog snarling and attacking for no reason, neither will you ever see it barking in vain. They actually do not bark at people, they bark when they are disturbed say by noise, too much commotion, and any other such irritants. The Rottweiler can be a total lamb with its own and can transform itself right before your eyes into a terrifying beast, if he feels anything of his property comes into danger. It will however, not bite unless it is required. This is why the Rottweiler’s bad reputation is not well founded on facts.
Why is this Officer not in uniform and no Police markings?
Detective Lambert must have some serious cajones! You'd never catch me trying to do that job. Thank goodness there are people out there willing to take risks to protect us.
Maybe the owners who improperly raise these dogs should be euthanized.