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Pit Bull Breaks Chains,
Kills 2 Poodles Inside Neighbor's House
Pit Bull Owner, Ruben Roth, Cited For Having Dangerous Dog
POSTED: 6:37 am MST January 26, 2005UPDATED: 10:27 am MST January 26, 2005
A pit bull's owner faces charges after one of his three pit bulls broke free from its chain and mauled two poodles to death at a neighbor's house near Berthoud.
Debra Stevens arrived home Monday night to find her black toy poodle, Buddy, mauled to death in a dog run outside her Weld County home, Sheriff John Cooke said in a statement Tuesday. Her white teacup poodle, Baby, was found dead inside Stevens' blood-smeared kitchen.
Her neighbor's dog, Jada, apparently sneaked into the house through a dog door.
"After the initial shock wore off and I saw the paw prints in the blood, I knew it had to be Jada," Stevens said. "She's gotten loose before and she's come after me and my dogs."
Stevens' neighbor, Ruben Roth, was issued a summons for having a dog at large and a dangerous dog. He is scheduled in court Thursday.
Roth, 29, said he has three children and his dog has never been aggressive. He believes Jada mistook Stevens' poodles for rabbits or cats.
"I'm an honest guy. I know what happened," said Roth.
Roth had previously been issued a summons for dog at large for the same pit bull that's been responsible for the attack. Roth turned over his dog to authorities and believes it will be euthanized this week.
"I know my dog did wrong. It's just unfortunate," he said.
Roth's dog was quarantined at the Weld County Humane Society.
The attack, which occurred in the 1900 block of County Road 401�2, happened on the same day that two other pit bulls killed a cat and chased an animal control officer and a woman in Westminster. Police said an officer had to shoot the dogs to stop them from charging. One of the pit bulls died, another is recovering at the Table Mountain Animal Shelter.
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Previous Stories: (see above link)
* January 25, 2005: Pit Bulls Shot After Attacking Officers
* January 6, 2005: Owner Of Killer Pit Bulls Turns Herself In
* December 15, 2004: Pit Bull Owner Sentenced For Mauling Death
* September 26, 2004: Pit Bull Owner Faces Up To 6 Years For Fatal Attack
* September 15, 2004: Pit Bull Killed After 2-Year-Old Attacked
* August 21, 2004: Loveland Woman Attacked By Pit Bull
* July 26, 2004: Judge Orders Pit Bull Owner To Pay For Victim's Hospital Bills
* July 15, 2004: Fort Lupton Defies State Law, Bans Pit Bulls
* July 7, 2004: Playful Pit Bull Pounces On Boy
* June 14, 2004: Pit Bull Shot Following Backyard Attack
* April 27, 2004: Denver Fighting To Keep Pit-Bull Ban
* April 26, 2004: Pit Bull Owners Plead Not Guilty To Homicide
* March 10, 2004: Arrest Warrant Issued In Highlands Ranch Pit Bull Attack
* February 9, 2004: Woman Attacked By Pit Bulls; Dogs Shot To Death
* February 9, 2004: Police Kill Pit Bull During Domestic Disturbance Call
* February 2, 2004: Pit Bull Sought In Attack On Child
* January 6, 2004: Charges Pursued In Fatal Dog Mauling
* December 12, 2003: Return Of Pit Bulls Has Neighbor Contemplating Move
* December 8, 2003: Deputies Search Pit Bull Owner's Home
* December 5, 2003: Pit Bull Owner Not 'Monster Being Portrayed'
* December 2, 2003: Pit Bulls' Owner Will Be Charged
* December 1, 2003: Pit Bulls Maul Woman To Death
* March 7, 2003: Pit Bull Owner Cited Again After More Dogs Discovered
* April 19, 2002: Owner Of Pit Bulls Faces Multiple Charges
* March 15, 2002: Women Injured In Pit Bull Attack
* November 5, 2001: Pit Bull Shot After Attacking Owner
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This is one of the two pit bulls chased an animal control officer and another woman before it attacked a cat, Westminster police said.
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