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05-04-2009, 01:12 AM
Pitbulls maul postal
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Norwich (WTNH) - A postal worker has been hospitalized after he was attacked by two pitbulls while on his route in Norwich. Turns out, this is not the first time that the owner has had problems with his dogs.
News Channel 8 obtained exclusive video of the dogs that were seized by police following the attack. We spoke to the Good Samaritan that jumped into action when he heard the postal worker screaming for help. News Channel 8 also spoke to the dogs' owner.
Tage Wright of Montville was working nearby and came running with his hammer when he heard the postal carrier's screams.
"They were young and very aggressive. They were really going after him, that poor guy. If he would have gone down again...they tore up his neck, thigh and forearm," Tage recounted.
David Holland owns the dogs and says they got loose through the back fence. He says neighbors should have told him they were loose.
Holland: "Why she didn't report it to me or call the police, like they usually do."
News Channel 8's Bob Wilson: "So they call the police on you?"
Holland: "Yeah, they call the police on me all the time."
Holland was laughing and joking looking at the yard smeared with blood. Police say they have been called to the house 28 times and the history extends past today's two dogs. Investigators say their parents were put down after a vicious attack on a Meals on Wheels driver.
Wilson: "What do you say about the dogs?"
Holland: "They was protecting this house."
Wilson: "From a mailman?"
Holland: "I came outside and he was hitting them in the head with a chair."
Witness say the postman was across the street at a neighbor's house trying to get the chair between him and the dogs. Police say they have arrested Holland and charged him with the dog attack, but there could be more serious charges pending, including a possible felony because of his history.
Wilson: "Do you feel bad they got the mailman?"
Holland: "Of course I feel bad, who wouldn't feel bad? It's a grown man, like, if you saw the way he was screaming you would feel bad."
Wilson: "You are kind of smiling."
Holland: "I'm smiling because you pissing me the f--- off."
The mailman has 22 puncture wounds, broken bones and needs surgery.
Source (http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/news_wtnh_norwich_pitbulls_postalcarrier_200904302 305#idc-ctools)
Make sure to watch the video.
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Norwich (WTNH) - A postal worker has been hospitalized after he was attacked by two pitbulls while on his route in Norwich. Turns out, this is not the first time that the owner has had problems with his dogs.
News Channel 8 obtained exclusive video of the dogs that were seized by police following the attack. We spoke to the Good Samaritan that jumped into action when he heard the postal worker screaming for help. News Channel 8 also spoke to the dogs' owner.
Tage Wright of Montville was working nearby and came running with his hammer when he heard the postal carrier's screams.
"They were young and very aggressive. They were really going after him, that poor guy. If he would have gone down again...they tore up his neck, thigh and forearm," Tage recounted.
David Holland owns the dogs and says they got loose through the back fence. He says neighbors should have told him they were loose.
Holland: "Why she didn't report it to me or call the police, like they usually do."
News Channel 8's Bob Wilson: "So they call the police on you?"
Holland: "Yeah, they call the police on me all the time."
Holland was laughing and joking looking at the yard smeared with blood. Police say they have been called to the house 28 times and the history extends past today's two dogs. Investigators say their parents were put down after a vicious attack on a Meals on Wheels driver.
Wilson: "What do you say about the dogs?"
Holland: "They was protecting this house."
Wilson: "From a mailman?"
Holland: "I came outside and he was hitting them in the head with a chair."
Witness say the postman was across the street at a neighbor's house trying to get the chair between him and the dogs. Police say they have arrested Holland and charged him with the dog attack, but there could be more serious charges pending, including a possible felony because of his history.
Wilson: "Do you feel bad they got the mailman?"
Holland: "Of course I feel bad, who wouldn't feel bad? It's a grown man, like, if you saw the way he was screaming you would feel bad."
Wilson: "You are kind of smiling."
Holland: "I'm smiling because you pissing me the f--- off."
The mailman has 22 puncture wounds, broken bones and needs surgery.
Source (http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/news_wtnh_norwich_pitbulls_postalcarrier_200904302 305#idc-ctools)
Make sure to watch the video.