The owner of three Pit Bulls who viciously smeared a South Carolina woman with her hands on her hands once told police that “once a dog tastes blood, that’s it” after some of them killed his chickens, according to a preliminary hearing. the case Thursday.
Abeville County Sheriff’s Investigator Lt. Jeffrey Hines also revealed in new testimony that dogs owned by Justin Minor, 36, also attacked someone else on Christmas Eve.
The lawmaker shared details the same day he told the court about the “terrible” pit bull attack on Kayleen Waltman, 39, in front of Minor’s property northwest of Colombia last month, according to WYFF 4.
“She had bites from the top of her head to the bottom of her legs, including her entire body,” Hines told the court. “It was one of the most horrific animal attacks I’ve seen in my career.”
Body records show Waltman was carried on a stretcher with “all her triceps removed and nothing but the bone in her left arm,” Hines said.
Hines reportedly testified that a farmer witnessed the end of the attack, and he himself was nearly attacked when he got off his tractor to help Waltman. The dogs finally dispersed when the good Samaritan fired a gun to scare them, according to the investigator.
Owner Justin Minor also had dogs that attacked a man last December. Abbeville Co. Sheriff’s Office According to Abbeville County Sheriff’s Investigator Lt. Jeffrey Hines, Waltman had “bites from the top of his head to the bottom of his legs.” GoFundMe
Hines reportedly reported that Minor’s property was unfenced and that many of his dogs roamed the area. Animal control officers have previously seized 11 dogs from his land, the article said.
Hines also testified that Minor told cops he wanted to euthanize his dogs after they killed his chickens, saying “once the dog tastes blood, that’s it,” but his wife thought they could be trained. according to the local newspaper.
Waltman had “nothing but the bone of his left arm” after the attack.Facebook / Kyleen Waltman
The lieutenant added that a neighbor told investigators that he was afraid to go outside because Minor told him “these dogs will bite everyone.”
Local dispatchers also reported a previous attack on a man by Maninor’s dogs on Christmas Eve, Hines said.
“It has not been established whether these are the same dogs from the Christmas Eve incident,” said lawyer Charles Gross, according to the article.
“While this is a tragic situation, it does not necessarily mean it is a criminal situation, and I would just ask everyone to remember the presumption of innocence,” Gross said.
The judge ruled that there was a sufficiently probable reason for the case to be tried, the station said.
The juvenile was charged with three counts of possession of dangerous animals, assault on a person, violation of rabies and admission of dangerous animals outside his property without restriction.
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