Dog escapes and bites resident; owner arrested on suspicion of gross negligence causing injury Chiba Prefectural Police

Chiba Prefectural Police arrested a 72-year-old unemployed man from Rokujizo, Nagara-cho, in the same prefecture, on suspicion of gross negligence resulting in injury, after his pet Dalmatian escaped from his home and bit a nearby resident, seriously injuring him, and sent him to the prosecutor's office on the 10th. ``There is no doubt about it. All of a sudden, he became violent and ran out the front door,'' he said, admitting the charge.

According to Isumi Police Station, the man is suspected of failing to do his duty to prevent his Dalmatian from harming people at his home in Kamifuse, Onjuku Town, where he was living at the time on July 19, 2019, when the dog ran away and bit the calves of a nearby woman (age 84 at the time) who was out for a walk, injuring her. The woman was seriously injured.

The Dalmatian is an adult male dog weighing 24.4 kg. It is said that on July 1st, she bit a man in the neighborhood and injured him. The police station and the Isumi Public Health Center reportedly instructed and warned the man to properly manage the man, including attaching a leash and wearing a muzzle.