Posted on 08/05/2010 9:21:19 AM PDT by Chet 99
Posted at: 08/05/2010 8:26 AM
An Artesia man says vicious pit bulls keep getting into his yard forcing him and his family to stay inside.
The problem has been going on for almost a year and Jason Shirey says he is fed up.
Shirey killed one of his neighbor's pit bulls last year with a shot gun after it went into his yard and charged at him. Shirey's most recent run in with his neighbor's dogs happened early Monday morning.
"I don't want to come out and find one of my dogs dead. I don't want to be attacked by a pitbull or my kids, my wife getting attacked," said Shirey.
Shirey called Artesia Police and they again returned the dog to the neighbor's yard where it belonged.
Artesia police have cited the dog's owner seven times in the past 11 months for the dogs getting out. The city ordinance does not specify how many citations need to be issued before further action is taken.
"Those choices ranges from no action, to verbal or written warnings, to a written citation for crimes that can be cited for, to arrest," Said Sgt. Lindell Smith of the Artesia Police Department.
Sgt. Smith says it's up to the discretion of the responding officer whether an arrest should be made.
"It's unfortunate that somebody would feel trapped in their own home because of a dog, his relationship with his neighbor," said Sgt. Smith.
Shirey just hopes police will step in before he has to take the law into his own hands again.
"I hope it's not somebody getting seriously hurt or a little kid getting mauled, but that maybe what it takes," said Shirey.
Meatballs are cheaper but that would do the trick.
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