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Dog Attack Leads To Prison For Owner
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) – A central Illinois teenager has been sentenced to five years in prison for ordering his pitbull terrier to attack a 75-year-old man. Matthew Brandt of Blue Mound was sentenced...
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Police Shoot Attacking Pit Bull In Elgin Home
ELGIN, Ill (STMW) – Police in Elgin shot and killed a family pet Wednesday that turned on its owners and its own puppies and then charged at officers who responded to the home on the city’s east side,...
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Neighbor Saved Senior From Dog Attack
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (STMW) – What do you do when your neighbor calls out for help? Thomas Lichtwalt, 59, of the 1600 block of Lotus Drive, heard dogs barking on Tuesday, setting off his own dog....
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Jogger In Critical Condition After Dog Attack Along Lakefront
Updated 1/1/12 – 9:30 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A man was critically injured Monday morning when he was attacked by what police described as two pit bulls while jogging along the lakefront in Rainbow Beach...
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Veteran Worries Possible Pit Bull Ban Could Take Away His Service Dog
CHICAGO (CBS) – A serious dog fight is brewing in Chicago. Some city officials are mulling over a possible ban on the pit bull breed after a jogger was attacked Monday morning, but a disabled Chicago...
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Pit Bull Attack Victim: ‘These Were Not Just Regular Dogs’
Updated 01/17/12 – 4:54 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – The 62-year-old jogger who was attacked by pit bulls in Rainbow Beach Park two weeks ago said Tuesday that he remembers everything that happened that...
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Two Injured In Pit Bull Attack In Elmhurst
Updated 01/24/12 – 10:02 p.m. ELMHURST (CBS) – Two people were injured in a pit bull attack late Monday afternoon in Elmhurst. Elmhurst Fire Chief Michael Kopp said ambulances took a man to Loyola...
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Cop Cited, Suspended After Pit Bull Kills Small Dog At Montrose Beach
UPDATED 04/18/12 – 5:02 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – It turns out the man who walked off after his pit bull mauled a tiny dog to death was a Chicago Police officer. That officer has been ticketed and relieved...
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Cops Shoot Dog After One Attacks Elgin Firefighter, 2 Charge Firehouse
ELGIN, Ill. (CBS) – What started out as some nice time outside on a nice day on Wednesday resulted in Elgin firefighters being barricaded in their fire station because of a couple of vicious dogs. WBBM...
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Family Sues Cop After Pit Bull Kills Small Dog At Montrose Beach
CHICAGO (CBS) – A family from south suburban Steger is suing a Chicago police officer, claiming he failed to restrain his pit bull, which killed the family’s Pomeranian mix at Montrose Beach in March....
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Autopsy: Man Killed By Own Pit Bulls In Englewood
UPDATED 08/16/12 – 5:30 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – An autopsy Thursday confirmed an Englewood man was killed by at least one of his own pit bulls Wednesday night. As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger...
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Cops In Berwyn Kill 2 Pit Bulls After Attack On Woman, Smaller Dog
BERWYN, Ill. (CBS) – Police in west suburban Berwyn shot and killed a couple of pit bulls Thursday morning, after one of them went after a woman and her small dog. WBBM Newsradio ‘s Bernie Tafoya...
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Coyote Attacks Dog In Wheaton
WHEATON, Ill. (CBS) – There’s been another coyote attack in the suburbs. A beloved pet was nearly killed in the 2000 block of Stonebridge Court in Wheaton. CBS 2’s Pamela Jones spoke to the woman who...
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Suburban Firefighter Killed By Her Own Dog
BIG ROCK, Ill. (CBS) – A far west suburban firefighter and paramedic died from wounds suffered in an attack by one of her own dogs, a bull mastiff, police said Wednesday. Dawn Brown, 44, was found dead...
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Police: Oak Lawn Man Allowed Dog To Attack His Mother
CHICAGO (CBS) — An Oak Lawn man accused of allowing his girlfriend’s pit bull to repeatedly attack his mother this month remained in Cook County Jail on Monday on charges of domestic battery, battery,...
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Police Kill Pit Bull That Attacked Two People On South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – A pit bull that had already attacked one person in the Englewood neighborhood Wednesday morning was shot dead by a Chicago Police sergeant as it attacked a 16-year-old boy on his way...
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Neighbor’s Dog Seriously Injures 9-Year-Old Boy
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 9-year-old boy was seriously injured Sunday when a neighbor’s dog jumped a fence and attacked him in his Roseland neighborhood back yard. The boy was playing in his yard in the 200...
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Man Recovering After Being Attacked By Five Pit Bulls
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago man is recovering after a vicious attack by five pit bulls. As CBS 2′s Dave Davini explains it all happened in broad daylight this weekend and may have been prevented. “I mean...
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Evanston Woman Seeks Help Finding Dog That Killed Her Pet
Mia, a 15-pound Powderpuff Chinese Crested dog, was killed by a much larger dog, which appeared to be a Golden Retriever, on Sept. 2, 2013. (Credit: Annie Widlicka) EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) – An Evanston...
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Woman Attacked By Dogs Upgraded To Stable Condition
CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman who was critically injured when she was attacked by dogs on the South Side on Friday night is now in stable condition, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Marilyn Grimes, 64,...
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