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Resident recounts dog attack and criticizes police handling; mayor and chief promise follow-up
Summary
Janet Waits described being dragged into the street by two pit bulls and said her husband—who fired a warning shot to get the dogs off her—was charged with four felonies and poorly treated in jail; Mayor McKinney and Chief Barnes said the chief would follow up with the couple after the meeting.
A Zion resident told the City Council she was severely injured when two pit bulls attacked her in her yard on Oct. 22 and criticized the police response and her husband's subsequent treatment in jail.
Janet Waits described being dragged into the street and said her husband fired a shot into the ground to stop the attack. She said he was…
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