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Listed below are some recent cases of prosecution and convictions of dog owners
whose reckless disregard resulted in a fatal attack on a human.
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 | | R. Hostelter was convicted of Criminal Negligent Homicide after his two Rottweilers escaped from his yard | | | and mauled his elderly neighbor to death in 1996. (Tennessee)
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| | S. Davidson was convicted of Murder 2nd after her three Rottweilers escaped from their yard and mauled 10-year- | | | old Christopher Wilson to death at a school bus stop in 1997. (Kansas)
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| | J. McTaggart & S. Randolph were convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter after 3-year-old Dakota Randolph | | | was attacked by two Rottweilers kept in the backyard. The boy lay dying in the yard for over two hours while his mother and her
boyfriend slept off a drug induced stupor in 1997.
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| | J. Chiavetta was convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter after two Mixed breed dogs that he was caring for | | | escaped from the yard and mauled 10-year-old Cash Carson to death in 2000 (California)
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| | W. Newton and J. Latvaitis were convicted of Criminal Recklessness after a Census worker entered their | | | property and was mauled to death by a pack of 10-20 dogs owned by the couple in 2000. (Indiana)
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| | M. Knoller & R. Noel were convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter after their Presa Canario dog mauled their | | | neighbor to death in the hallway of their apartment in 2001. (California)
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| | C. Smith was convicted of Manslaughter after his three Pit Bulls mauled to death a neighbor that was walking past | | | his property in 2001. (Arkansas)
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| | C. Schneider was convicted of Manslaughter after his two Rottweiler/Pug mixed breed dogs escaped from his | | | yard and mauled his 6-year-old neighbor to death in 2002. (California)
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| | W. Hardy & S. McCracken were convicted of Recklessly Causing Harm to a Child and (Misd) Child | | | Neglect when their two adult Rottweilers & 4 sub-adult dogs attacked and killed a young girl that was visiting at their home
where there were no adult supervision in 2002. (Wisconsin)
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| | L. Laster was convicted of Reckless Homicide after her chained Wolf-dog attacked and killed a young boy that | | | ventured near the dog in 2002. (Kentucky)
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| | T. Swindler was convicted of Child Endangerment & Abuse after her young son climbed into the pen of a | | | Rottweiler kept in their backyard in 2003. (Missouri)
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| | J. Batey was convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter when one of the children she was babysitting was mauled | | | to death in the yard by her Pit Bull in 2003. (California)
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