Man gets jail time on dog-biting case

YOUNGSTOWN — The caretaker of a large pit bull terrier that attacked a 10-year-old boy will spend the next two months in Mahoning County jail and three years on probation.

Dustin Anglin, 23, of South Heights Avenue, appeared today before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for sentencing on a misdemeanor charge of failure to confine a dangerous dog.

He originally had been charged with the felony charge of failure to confine a vicious dog, but he pleaded guilty to the reduced charge in an agreement with the county prosecutor’s office.

J. Michael Thompson, an assistant county prosecutor, said the plea agreement was reached because there may have been issues in proving the dog’s vicious nature.

He told the court the state would recommend a sentence of probation if Anglin agreed to make restitution to the boy’s family.

Judge Krichbaum did order Anglin to make restitution to the family, but he also sentenced him to jail and probation upon his release.

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