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Dog Owner Whose Pitbull Attacked 5 Says His Dog Was Provoked

By Lependorf & Silverstein

The owner of a pit-bull that attacked and bit five people in Parsippany is asking the court to spare his dog saying that the dog attack outside a public library was provoked, the New Jersey Star Ledger reports. The owner also told the municipal judge he was sorry about the injuries his dog caused and that he would build a fence in the interest of public safety to keep the pit-bull within his property on Lake Hiawatha. The dog owner, Ricardo Cotto, appeared in court to plead not guilty to three read more

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on May 23, 2008 (boomark / email).