Man charged with felonies involving his dog pleads guilty

YOUNGSTOWN — The owner of a large Rottweiler dog that has attacked two people in six months pleaded guilty to two felony charges.

Nathan Haynes, 31, of Judson Avenue, originally was charged with two misdemeanors for reportedly not properly confining his dog, and two felonies, one for reportedly not confining the dog and another for the dog making the reported attack on a 10-year-old boy in January.

Haynes, who is free on a $10,000 bond, this month pleaded guilty today to two counts of failure to confine or restrain a dog. Both charges are felonies.

Judge Lou D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court is scheduled to sentence Haynes on April 28.

Haynes could get up to three years in prison on the charges, but prosecutors, as part of the plea agreement, have recommended probation.

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