Swiss Girl Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/02/18/...-of-3-children/ FONTANA (AP) — A San Bernardino County jury has convicted a Fontana couple whose mastiff and pit bulls mauled three young children a year ago.Judith Mendez Lopez, 56, and her husband, Jose Lopez Gonzalez, 49, were found guilty Thursday of seven felony counts of allowing vicious animals to be at large. They face a maximum seven years in prison. Five-year-old Destiny Colon suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung, her 7-year-old brother Hector needed over 200 stitches in his legs, and 8-year-old sister Princess needed 18 stitches. One of the dogs was shot by a police officer and the rest were euthanized. Prosecutor Kent Williams told the San Bernardino Sun the verdict was just. (© Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Seems they are getting serious there with dog attacks, but I wonder how long they will really get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Destiny, Princess and Hector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodoggies2001 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Destiny, Princess and Hector Please tell me you are NOT laughing at the children's names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblue Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Destiny, Princess and Hector I fail to see how that is funny in the context of this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Good. Five-year-old Destiny Colon suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung, her 7-year-old brother Hector needed over 200 stitches in his legs, and 8-year-old sister Princess needed 18 stitches. Horrific injurires. I hate to imagine the terror those kids experienced during this attack. You fail to control your dogs, they do things like this, you SHOULD be held to account. I only hope it gives a few other dog owners pause to control their dogs better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightonrock Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Edited February 24, 2011 by turkishdelight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 poor babies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizT Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 poor babies ;) Indeed, a 5 year old a 7 year old and an 8 year old so savagely attacked and scarred for life on so many levels!!! Makes me cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Poor children. Prison seems a good option for the owners. One can only hope some other irresponsible owners take heed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Girl Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 They will be sentenced in a month so I hope to find out what happens and I'll update, the article did say a maximum of 7 years, but as we all know the maximum is very rarely given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheridan Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 They will be sentenced in a month so I hope to find out what happens and I'll update, the article did say a maximum of 7 years, but as we all know the maximum is very rarely given. It tends to be in the US. They don't have concurrent sentences in many areas; they have consecutive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poochmad Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 This act would have been horrific for the poor children. My heart goes out to them. Glad to see that the owners are being held accountable for allowing their dogs to roam free and for what the dogs did. Regardless of the breed, no dog/s should be allowed to get away with maulings/attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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