Posted on 04/22/2009 1:07:55 PM PDT by Abathar
ANDERSON, Ind. -- A man fatally beat and strangled his pit bull after the dog chased and repeatedly bit a 20-year-old woman, saying he did what was necessary after the attack.
Kayla Greene received stitches for numerous bite wounds to her arms and buttocks that she suffered before the dog's owner pulled the animal off her.
The attack and the killing of the dog by Dustin Haskett, 25, are under investigation, and it will be up to prosecutors to decide whether he will face animal cruelty charges, city police Detective Mitch Carroll said.
Greene said she was attacked Monday as she and her sister, Erin Greene, were walking to a convenience store and she tried to run away from the dog.
Haskett said that once he pulled the dog away from Greene, he used the handle to a sledgehammer to beat the animal for five minutes.
After beating the dog, Haskett says he saw that it was still breathing. "I had my foot on her throat until she was done," he told The Herald Bulletin.
Haskett said he did what he thought was necessary.
"As far as animal cruelty, it wasn't fun and games for me," he said.
Carroll said Haskett could face a misdemeanor charge of harboring an unimmunized animal and that the dog actions would be important in determining any cruelty charges.
"It's not as if he grabbed Fifi the poodle with a bow on her head and wrapped her around the tree," Carroll said. "We're talking about a vicious animal."
Haskett said he only had the dog for two days before the attack, but Carroll said the dog's ownership was being investigated.
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It will be interesting to see how this plays out with the prosecutors.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
Oh yeah. He’s going down.
I have been told, repeatedly, that attacks like this are rare.
Good kill.
I prefer a Glock 19 and a 4” folder instead, but he’s definitely earned his “Man Card” with this one.
penelty probably would have been less severe if he had just let it go after the woman....then the dog would be destroyed aftwards legally huh...same outcome just more injury to the woman.....overzealous law enforcement and they wonder why the courts are overcrowded....sheesh...
Unbelievable!
All ready on the right ,all ready on the left. GO!!!!
I dream of doing the same to my neighbors dog.
yeah I figure this one might create a little friction...
After beating the dog, Haskett says he saw that it was still breathing. "I had my foot on her throat until she was done," he told The Herald Bulletin.
If he was able to pull the animal off the woman there was no need to bludgeon it to death, or nearly to death and then step on her throat until she was dead. that is cruelty in the extreme and worse because it wasn't necessary
If he wanted the animal put down then he should have taken it to a Vet and had it done quickly and painlessly.
{{{Unbelievable!}}}
Believable, very believable.
Seems the cop kind of agrees with it too.
I hope INDIANA Freepers get in on this one ...Takes GUTS to tangle with a PITBull .. UNARMED .. to save a STRANGER, no less..
Any Prosecutor wants to tangle with this man??? I’ll give them the PITBULL of the YEAR award???
Disgusting way to kill an animal.
The should be a law against prosecutorial stupidity!
I once killed a grizzly bear with a loose-leaf notebook.
SnakeDoc
I can see the conversation in the prison yard now...
Inmate 1: Watcha in fer?
Man: uhhh, Animal Cruelty. A Woman was attacked by a dog and I Killed it with my bare hands....
Inmate 1: thats terrible and you’re WORSE .. You’ll PAY FOR THAT...
Man: did I forget to tell you it was a PIT BULL that I killed with my BARE HANDS.
(cricket chirps) Inmate 1: can I be your FRIEND??
Did you also walk to school uphill, both ways, and five feet of snow, and were thankful? LOL!! Cosby was awesome in that!
Only took 10 posts for a bleeding heart to show up
No need for a sledge hammer handle. Meatball, strychnine. Done.
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