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Mother Facing Felony Charges in Murrieta Pit-Bull Attack on 6-month-old child

By Walin & Klarich

A woman whose 6-month-old son was attacked by two pit bulls in Murrieta after she left him alone with the animals has been charged with felony child endangerment. . The attack occurred in April inside a condominium on Arboretum Way. The baby boy was fastened in a car seat and had been bitten by a pit pull while the boy?s mother and a male friend were in another room. Police said the diaper was ripped off and the boy was bitten on the scrotum, leaving the child with permanent injuries. Both dogs, a 70-pound pit bull and a 60-pound pit bull-mix, were taken by animal control officers from Animal Friends of the Valleys and later euthanized. Child endangerment can be charged as a felony or misdemeanor depending on the circumstances of the case and the degree of endangerment that the child is exposed to...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on July 20, 2010 (boomark / email).