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Grandmother mauled to death by pit bulls that were high on cocaine: lawsuit
NY Post ^ | 03/14/2025 | Zoe Hussain

Posted on 03/14/2025 12:07:34 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

An Ohio grandmother was mauled to death by her neighbor’s pit bulls — which were later found to have been high on cocaine, according to a lawsuit.

JoAnn Echelbarger, 73, was “peacefully gardening” in October when she was ripped apart by the pit bulls, Echo and Apollo, freely roaming her Ashton condominium’s common areas, according to court documents.

Her husband, Stanley — who suffers from dementia and was in a wheelchair — watched helplessly as his wife was mauled for several minutes while “screaming for her life,” according to the complaint, which said one dog continued the attack even after cops opened fire to try to stop them.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Local News; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: chet99; cocaine; cocainepitbull; death; dogofpeace; furbabies; furbabiesisstupid; grandmother; high; lawsuit; maul; maulded; pitbnulls; pitbull
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I think I have heard it all now.. dogs given cocaine?
1 posted on 03/14/2025 12:07:34 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What a terrible way to go.


2 posted on 03/14/2025 12:10:01 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

One does Not share Cocaine.

;)


3 posted on 03/14/2025 12:10:16 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I can hear the dumbass owners now: "Oh, they're just big fur-babies. They won't hurt anyone - they just want to play!"
4 posted on 03/14/2025 12:13:37 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Can’t have sleepy watchdogs.


5 posted on 03/14/2025 12:14:56 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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I think I have heard it all now.. dogs given cocaine?

Given?

They 'prolly mauled the druggie who had the cocaine and took it!

6 posted on 03/14/2025 12:16:12 PM PDT by null and void (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity. H/T MortMan)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Left on a table and they probably didn’t snort it. Or maybe they did at first... What do you think, Yogi?


7 posted on 03/14/2025 12:16:53 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: gundog

One can’t expect the owners to give the dogs champagne, they would tell strangers the alarm code.


8 posted on 03/14/2025 12:17:46 PM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: PGR88

Read the whole article, it’s worse than that.


9 posted on 03/14/2025 12:17:58 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The sequel to Cocaine Bear —— Cocaine Pit Bull.


10 posted on 03/14/2025 12:20:16 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Horrible for the grandmother and her family.

I can only think you’d give a pit bull cocaine if you were going to enter it into an illegal and immoral dog fight.
Otherwise it’s a very expensive habit. I wonder if the owner kept his stash hidden under their doghouse or something.


11 posted on 03/14/2025 12:21:40 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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That included police body camera footage showing officers responding to reports that Echo and Apollo had ingested Adam Withers’ cocaine just weeks before the horrifying deadly attack

Cocaine stays in your system for weeks?

They were giving the dogs cocaine on a regular basis?

Were the dogs snorting, smoking or eating it?

This story made my head hurt.

And yeah, they look like the kind of people who would be taking cocaine. I try not to judge a book by the cover but when the cover has a bloody knife on it the probability of it being a cozy romance is pretty slim.

12 posted on 03/14/2025 12:22:17 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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This is a horrible story. I can’t make any jokes about how this woman suffered before she died, and clearly the owners were trash. Glad they were convicted.


13 posted on 03/14/2025 12:22:26 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Their owners, Adam Withers and his mother, Susan, were both convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with Echelbarger’s death last month, court records show.

Based on the social media comments by Adam which showed a total lack of concern for others, if I were the judge, he would be getting the maximum punishment allowed that hopefully, includes prison time.

14 posted on 03/14/2025 12:27:12 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Re-elect Donald Trump - AGAIN)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The owners of these killer dogs should be tried for murder. And if the condo association had knowledge of these dogs being anywhere near the place, they should be tried also. Civilly and criminality.

Laws need to be passed banning these dogs.


15 posted on 03/14/2025 12:27:13 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

One came on my property a while back and came after me when I tried to shoo it away from our chickens. I shot it in the front should with a 9mm defensive round. It buckled down and limped off. About a half hour later it was back and walking normal. Satan’s hounds.


16 posted on 03/14/2025 12:29:15 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: PGR88

I really resist the urge to throat punch any sappy broad who uses that term.

I doubt a man would use that term, unless he had no cajones.

There used to be some dippy gals who used that term here at FR. I haven’t seen it used in awhile lately. That’s good.


17 posted on 03/14/2025 12:30:01 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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“pit bulls that were high on cocaine”

That’s like a nuke that explodes more nukes


18 posted on 03/14/2025 12:31:39 PM PDT by lovingliberty1965
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To: PGR88

ugh! furbabies.


19 posted on 03/14/2025 12:33:43 PM PDT by ronniesgal ( so is it okay that I said that??? GO TRUMP GO!!!!)
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To: dfwgator

I’m stream watching recent Jeopardy shows this week. There was a clue about a dark remake of a loveable bear.

Even I knew it was Winnie the Pooh.

God knows why, but the contestant said “Who is Cocaine Bear”?

Laughter all around.


20 posted on 03/14/2025 12:34:09 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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