Charges possible after dog attack

BAZETTA – The owner of a pit-bull mix may be charged today after the mauling of a 7-year-old girl during the weekend at Mosquito Lake State Park.

Alexis Foraker of Englewood Avenue, Austintown, was released Monday evening from Akron Children’s Hospital where plastic surgery was performed on her face, according to Jeff Orth, assistant park manager.

Park police will meet today with the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s office to determine what charges will be filed against dog owner Lance Peck, 35, of Champion, Orth said.

Orth explained that Peck was with his children at the park Monday afternoon when Alexis and a sibling asked Peck if they could pet his dog, which was on a leash. The sibling was petting the dog, but it turned vicious and attacked Alexis, Orth said.