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Postal worker attacked by pit 

bull in Rock Hill

By Nicole Smith - nsmith@heraldonline.com

ROCK HILL -- 

A dog was quarantined after it bit a postal worker Friday in a Rock Hill community, police say.

The woman was delivering mail to a Level Street home when one of the resident's pit bulls ran out of the kennel and bit her on the ankle, according to a Rock Hill police report. One of the residents was cleaning the kennel at the time, and the kennel door was open.

The pit bull was on a 15-foot chain, but was able to reach the mailbox.

The worker said she kicked the kennel door to fend off the dog, the report states. It took several attempts to pull the dog from her ankle, the report states.

Officers could see significant tearing in the woman's ankle and foot from the dog attack, the report states. She was taken to Piedmont Medical Center for treatment.

The pit bull belongs to the resident's son, the report states. The son admitted he was "frustrated" with the animal's "aggressive tendencies."

York County Animal Control arrived and quarantined the dog.

From the Newsroom: Archives Edition

those rednecks outside the city limits and their guns....

Police: Rock Hill man 

shoots neighbor's barking dog

From Staff Reports - The Herald

ROCK HILL -- 

A Rock Hill man shot his neighbor's dog with a BB gun, even though the animal was in its own yard.

The man said he shot at his neighbor's dogs earlier this week because they were jumping up on the fence and barking viciously, according to a York County Sheriff's Office report. However, the dogs never came out of the fence or approached the man.

One dog had a BB stuck on the left side of its snout that will likely have to be removed by a veterinarian, deputies say.

The dogs' owner said they are guard dogs but have never been out of the fence at his Hilton Road home. He said he had to put one of his dogs down several months ago because of a BB wound.

The shooter said the dogs were scaring his granddaughter. He said they are a continuous problem and have gotten out twice before.

The owner wanted to press charges, but an arrest was not made at the time of the report.

published 11/9/11 heraldonline.com, staff reports
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