Dallas County Pays Up After Deputy's K-9 Mauls Girl in Schoolyard
In a startling example of community policing gone wrong, a drug-sniffing dog attacked a little girl after the county’s narcotics team showed up at an Arlington elementary school career day.
This was in 2017. Now, the county is paying her medical bills after the girl’s mother, Yesenia Arevalo, filed suit earlier this year. The $25,000 settlement was finalized earlier this month. Half that amount will be set aside for when the girl, Madelyn, turns 18.
Madelyn met the dog at Odeal Pearcy Elementary just over two years ago. The Dallas County Sheriff's Department sent the narcotics team to present to the students, and Deputy Jeff Payton brought his dog, Ali. After giving a presentation to a group of third graders in the morning, Payton and Ali went out to the playground.
There, a group of about six students were crowded around, petting Ali when the dog growled and lunged at Madelyn, swiping her across the face with his claws. The attack split open her lip and scratched the left side of her face, resulting in over $4,000 in medical bills after Madelyn was rushed to the hospital and seen by a plastic surgeon.
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