Detroit dog owner faces sentencing in brutal mauling of man
Source: AP
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit dog owner faces sentencing after pleading guilty in the brutal mauling of a man who was attacked while feeding a pack of pit bulls.
Steve Constantine lost most of his left arm, his left leg below the knee and his left ear last fall.
Sixty-two-year-old Derick Felton pleaded guilty earlier this month to harboring dangerous animals that caused injuries. A judge has said he's likely to get probation. Felton's sentencing hearing is scheduled for Friday.
The 51-year-old Constantine was trying to feed Felton's dogs when he was attacked. Police killed one dog at the scene. Eleven other pit bulls or pit bull mixes were captured and euthanized.
FILE--In this Dec. 9, 2014 file photo, Steve Constantine, who suffered a near fatal dog mauling in October of 2014 is shown in a hospital bed in Detroit. Derick Felton, a Detroit dog owner who pleaded guilty in the brutal mauling of a man who was attacked while feeding a pack of pit bulls, faces sentencing Friday, Sept. 24, 2015. Constantine lost most of his left arm, his left leg below the knee and his left ear last fall. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP) DETROIT NEWS OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT DETROIT FREE PRESS
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He broke the law having that number of dogs. There had been complaints from neighbors about them running loose. The attacked man was his friend and told police he hit the dogs and didn't feed them "for long periods of time." Oh, and once medics arrived, he went back inside his house and didn't help his "friend" who was screaming for help. The medics were afraid to get out of the ambulance, so waited for police to arrive.
Unfuckingbelievable. Probation? Seriously? I can't help but wonder if he was involved in a dog fighting ring. None of this makes sense. None of it. 
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/10/the_dogs_started_attacking_and.html
Felton admitted to owning "about 15" dogs, with the puppies included.
"Because I want to," Felton told the investigator when asked why he owned so many.
Detroit law limits the number of adult dogs at a single residence to four. A code violation is punishable by up to 20 days in jail and/or a $250 fine, according to the Code of Ordinances.
"Constantine told police he's seen the dogs outside their yard before and they "go after people."
"They bark and growl a lot," Constantine told police. "Sometimes Butch will hit them or not feed them for a long time."
