Dog owner charged with felony, misdemeanors

CORTLAND – The owner of a dog that reportedly mauled a 6-year-old girl at Mosquito Lake State Park has been charged in Trumbull County Central District Court.

Lance Peck, 35, of Champion, was charged today with failure to confine a dog resulting in injuries, a felony, and not having insurance on a vicious dog, failure to have a dog leashed at a state park and having a dog on the beach at a state park, all misdemeanors.

The dog is being quarantined at the Trumbull County Dog Pound to determine if it has rabies.

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