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Published: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 MIDDLETOWN — The father of an 11-year-old girl mauled by a pit bull in mid-May is set to appear in civil court Monday at New London Superior Courthouse. Thomas Sheehan, of 331 Timber Ridge Road, Middletown, was allegedly hosting a family party when his daughter was viciously attacked by an unleashed pit bull. The dog belongs to the son of Sheehan’s girlfriend, the 11-year-old’s mother, Merryl Simon Macek, said. According to Macek, her daughter suffered severe injuries from the attack including five deep lacerations and two puncture wounds under the jaw. Three-fourths of the girl’s...

By Stephen White 11/06/2010 A banned-breed dog that killed a boy of four had been handed back to its owner by police after going astray, a court heard yesterday. Helen Foulkes, 63, admitted possessing the pit bull that "oozed venom" and savaged her grandson John-Paul Massey. She was told she may be jailed under the Dangerous Dogs Act. As well as her guilty plea, magistrates heard claims the illegal animal had been roaming loose when it was picked up by police and brought back to the family. The American pit bull, Uno, was returned to her son Christian Foulkes, 22,...

UPDATED: 7:27 am EDT June 3, 2010 HANOVER BOROUGH, Pa. -- Two pit bulls attacked an 8-year-old boy and his mother Tuesday night in the Hanover, according to the Hanover Borough Police Department. Police said the child and his mother, both from Connecticut, were visiting friends at a home along the 400 block of Pleasant Street. Around 9:30 p.m., the boy went outside with the homeowner to play in the yard when the two dogs, which were being held in a separate fenced-in area, jumped the fence and "immediately attacked" the boy, according to police. The homeowner hit the dogs...

UPDATED: 9:04 pm EDT June 3, 2010 KOKOMO, Ind. -- A 9-year-old Howard County girl critically injured by a pit bull over the weekend died at an Indianapolis hospital on Thursday, police said. The attack happened in the 4600 block of East County Road 200 South on Saturday, said Howard County Sheriff Marty Talbert. The girl, Savannah Gragg, underwent surgery at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, but died Thursday afternoon. Police said that Savannah was opening a door at the home to let the dog outside when it jumped on her and knocked her to the floor, biting her...