Dog Owner Faces Felony Counts
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The owner of a pit bull that brutally attacked three people, including an animal control officer, was charged today with three counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon, Deputy Dist. Atty. Stephen Kay said.
Edlyn Joy Hauser, 37, initially faced seven misdemeanor charges filed by the city attorney’s office. But Kay said those charges will be dropped when Hauser is arraigned Thursday. Hauser’s dog, named Benjamin, is accused of biting a 7-year-old girl and her father, and then attacking an animal control officer who went to Hauser’s Glassell Park house to investigate.
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