Last week, a 10-year-old boy getting off a school bus was bitten by a dog that was previously deemed dangerous.
SAN ANTONIO — Last week, a 10-year-old boy was getting off a school bus when he was bitten by a dog that was previously deemed dangerous.
Police say this incident is not the first one the dog’s owner has been involved in – KENS 5 spoke with a neighbor who was bitten by the suspect’s dog himself.
This Edgecrest Drive neighbor has a permanent reminder of a dangerous encounter last year. He says he was on a leisurely stroll at night, when a pit bull attacked him.
“You can still see the one hole right there, the other hole,” he said pointing at the bite. “Now after this bite, there’s not five, 10 seconds that go by where I’m not constantly looking around my shoulder or looking off in the distance to see if there’s a loose dog.”
Not only does this neighbor have the scars to prove the attack, but it’s also changed his outlook on roaming dogs in general.
“I can’t even relax outside my house, down my street without fear of being mauled,” he said. “Or my smaller dog, her getting maimed. Or perhaps killed, that’s terrifying.”
According to an arrest warrant for Melanie Scott, the dog’s owner, there’s been multiple instances where her dog bit someone.
On Sept. 12, police say her dog was roaming the street when it bit a 10-year-old boy on his left leg as he was getting off a school bus.
Witnesses say Scott took pictures of the boy’s injuries and left in her vehicle with her dog before police arrived. Police say the boy’s injuries required stitches. A witness told ACS their daughter was bitten by Scott’s dog in a separate incident.
There was another dog bite incident on July 31 and authorities deemed it dangerous on Aug. 7. Scott was issued a court order stating her dog had to be secured on her property, leashed and muzzled when outside.
Animal Care Services stated two dogs live on Scott’s property.
They sent KENS 5 the statement below:
“Animal Care Services is aware of and has responded to the incident involving the two dogs connected to Ms. Scott. This ongoing investigation continues and Ms. Scott was arrested this weekend on charges of Injury to a child. ACS will continue to hold all irresponsible pet owners accountable for causing unsafe situations like this. Pet owners must obey the law and keep their pets on their property.”
Scott made bond, it was set at $20,000.