Posted on 07/06/2009 7:23:04 PM PDT by Chet 99
Teen charged with assault in alleged pit bull attacks
By CASEY MCNERTHNEY SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
A 16-year-old girl who deputies say used a pit bull as a weapon in an attack on two women in SeaTac last month was charged Monday with two counts of third-degree assault and being in a minor in possession of liquor.
If convicted, the sentence range is up to 90 days in detention with up to 450 hours of community service and up the three years probation.
"Because of the seriousness of the case, the King County Prosecutor's Office intends to seek an exceptional sentence above the standard sentence range if she is convicted," spokesman Dan Donohoe said.
Seattlepi.com is not naming the defendant because she's a juvenile.
The evening of June 21, a woman stopped at a Burien gas station when she said the dog being abused by the girl and three other juvenile boys, according to court documents.
When the woman said not to kick the dog, the girl who was charged allegedly swore at her and said, "I can do what I want." Deputies say she got in the face of the woman's husband and swore at him as well.
About 6:20 p.m. in the 13300 block of Des Moines Memorial Drive South in SeaTac, a woman stopped and asked if they were OK. She told police she saw the children kicking the pit bull.
"The young black female in the group went up to (the woman) and said 'Get out of here bitch this is none of your business,'" according to court documents.
When the woman said she could call the police and grabbed her cell phone, prosecutors say the girl yanked open the passenger door of the woman's car and started beating her head with the phone.
The woman ran from her car, but the teen ran after her, "beating her all over the head, neck shoulders and back" -- even pulling out her hair, according to court documents.
A man ran up and said he'd called police, who were on their way.
"Bitch it's my dog and I can kill it if I want, I can do what I want to," the teen responded, according to court documents.
Deputies say the pit bull then attacked the woman who was beaten.
A woman who was driving with her daughter reported seeing the incident and told the teen girl to wait and explain what happened to police.
"The female then attacked (the woman), getting her on the ground and punching her in the face and head," according to a probable cause document. There was a second attack on the woman moments later and deputies say the teen girl again got the woman on the ground before the dog attacked her on both arms.
Both women who were beaten were hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center.
The woman attacked with the cell phone had bruises on both eye sockets and tears on her left arm where deputies could see tissue and bone.
The teen girl was treated at Highline Medical Center. Deputies believe she was injured from beating the woman.
A King County Sheriff's sergeant had contacted the teens earlier that night at the Burien gas station, warning the teen girl about playing rough with the animal. The said the dog would only attack a burglar or someone in her home and that her dog was licensed.
King County Animal Control records show registration for the pit bull, Snaps, expired March 31.
That sergeant responded to the second assault report and recognized the group. He also noticed the dog was not muzzled -- something that's required by SeaTac law and that he had warned them to do.
Deputies said the teen girl, who had blood on her face, described beating the woman who tried to call police and attacking the woman, as did her pit bull. The sergeant noted "the entire story was told with no emotion for the injuries sustained," according to the probable cause document. "She just spit it out without any questions or follow-up from the officers."
A deputy, who detailed repeated vulgar language in the teen's statement, reported finding two unopened bottles of Mad Dog 20/20 in her backpack.
The girl, who turned 16 late last month, was released to her mother so she could seek medical treatment. The mother told the sergeant she was the owner of the pit bill. Deputies said other juveniles were uncooperative when asked for identification.
Deputies said the dog was not violence toward the deputies, who later transferred him to King County Animal Control.
"The other juveniles are not considered suspects," Prosecutor's Office spokesman Dan Donohoe said.
The teen girl's arraignment is scheduled for July 14 in juvenile court.
Poor dogs.
Feral little b*tch. And I’m not referring to the dog.
“Deputies said other juveniles were uncooperative when asked for identification.”
When a child receives zero negative feedback and zero discipline, this is the result. Society should not be surprised that there is no remorse from a psychopath like this kid - all she has gotten in her life is acceptance that what she did was “well, ok.”
This young woman is going to end up in prison, probably for murder, and she will not understand why. It was always ok before.
“all she has gotten in her life is acceptance that what she did was “well, ok.””
It was, and still is “OK”. She is black, a student, and the publik skools teached her she was, is, and always will be ‘entitled’.
A pox upon the ‘Publik Skools’ and those who work therein.
She had Mad Dog in her backpack! So ironic. rofl
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