Posted on 07/04/2018 1:17:24 AM PDT by Norski
A Rock Hill man has been charged with domestic violence against his wife involving — the man's pit bull.
John Louis Walch, 59, is accused of opening a cage that held his pit bull in June and urging it to attack his wife, according to police and court records. Walch's wife was found under attack by the dog by responding officers, police said. Officers had to shoot the dog to stop the attack, police said.
The use of a dog of any kind as a weapon in domestic violence is a first in York County, said Jenny Desch, the 16th Circuit Assistant Solicitor prosecuting the case . .
The victim had injuries from the dog bites to her chest, legs and hand, and she was transported to Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill for treatment. . .
Degrees of domestic violence charges are based on the injury to the victim, Desch said. . .
The charge Walch faces now is a misdemeanor, but carries up to three years in prison if convicted, according to state law.
The dog had to be shot and killed by responding police officers who saw the attack and could not get Walch to call the dog off, according to police reports . . .
Police "heard screaming from the victim" as she was being attacked, an arrest warrant states. Officers "observed the dog attacking the victim," the warrant states.
Walch told the dog to go after the wife and then refused to stop the carnage even as police entered the home and commanded Walch to call the dog off, said Capt. Mark Bollinger of the . . .
"Officers had to shoot the dog for the safety of the victim," Bollinger said.
Walch was released on $10,000 bond after his arrest, court records show..
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How’d that turn out?
A dog is not regarded as a murder weapon at this time, no.
Interesting timing of this article, however:
Parole hearing this month for man convicted of using dog to kill Arizona woman in Cleveland
“Jeffrey Mann was the first person to ever be tried and convicted of using a dog as a murder weapon”
As I was reading it the thought crossed my mind that the husband should have been shot by police as well. I am sure many would say that would not have been justified, maybe not legally but to me it sure would have been. If anyone ever qualified under the “needed killing” category it would be this guy.
I see. It appears that you may be a Texan at heart.
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