owner of canine that attacked lady, newborn to pay $10,000

The proprietor of two canine that attacked a woman and her 7-12 months-historic daughter in July will need to pay $10,000 in restitution.

Antoinette Fleck pleaded guilty on Oct. 31 in Mandan Municipal court to 1 count number of violating the city's vicious dog ordinance. choose DeNae Kautzmann ordered Antoinette Fleck to pay $10,000 in restitution and $500 in courtroom fines and charges.

On July 22, Fleck's canines attacked Christine Rebenitsch and her daughter, faith Geiger, while they were going for walks near second road Northwest and 10th Avenue Northwest.

The assault left religion with a damaged leg and a whole lot of stitches. photographs of her injuries had been presented at an emotional Mandan city commission assembly in August, when commissioners discussed revisions to the city's present vicious dog ordinance.

"i'd hope that the Mandan city commission is taking the quintessential steps to are attempting and stop this again," religion's father, Wes Geiger, talked about on Monday.

Wes Geiger declined to comment on the sentence Fleck bought and referred questions about no matter if the family intends to file a civil go well with towards Fleck to their lawyer, Damian Heuttl. Heuttl didn't return a name searching for remark.

faith, who used a wheelchair after the assault, began running this past week, in response to Wes Geiger.

"She's not going for walks very smartly," he noted, adding she can be in be in physical therapy "for a while yet."

metropolis prosecutor Dan Nagle spoke of the restitution Fleck turned into ordered to pay is for clinical expenses and lost wages. Fleck will pay $200 month starting subsequent week, in line with the crook judgement.

Fleck also acquired a yr of unsupervised probation, right through which she is not allowed to have any canine. The canine have been euthanized after the assault.

Mandan city commissioners are planning to exchange the city's vicious dogs ordinance, which states "no grownup shall personal, hold, possess or harbor a vicious dog inside metropolis limits."

A vicious dog is described as one "that, with out provocation, bites or attacks human beings or other animals, either on public or inner most property, or in a vicious or terrorizing method, techniques any person in apparent angle of assault upon a highway, sidewalk or any public floor or place."

metropolis Commissioner Dennis Rohr referred to Monday that the commission will assessment a revised ordinance all through the commission's regularly scheduled assembly on Nov. 20. the brand new ordinance seeks to raise the penalties for homeowners and improved defines the control and restrictions of animals, he pointed out.

The metropolis attorney will get a ultimate draft of the ordinance to metropolis commissioners for the primary studying on Nov. 20.