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Teen Sentenced To 1.5 Years For SeaTac Pit Bull Attack

On June 21, 2009, a 16-year-old girl allegedly used her pet pit bull to attack two other women. Now, a SeaTac judge has sentenced the minor to between 14 and 17 months in juvenile detention. The normal sentencing for similar cases is a matter of months, but the judge in the case, King County Juvenile Court Judge Philip G. Hubbard, Jr., said that the amount of violence and anger seen in the dog attack required a longer sentence for the teen girl.

On that summer day, witnesses say a woman stopper her car to tell the teen not to kick her dog. The teen responded by beating the woman with her phone and sic-ing the pit bull on the woman. When a third woman stopped to help the first woman, the teen and dog attacked her as well. Both women were left scarred and traumatized following the dog attack - and both required medical attention at Harborview Medical Center after the aggressive dog was told to attack them.

The girl apologized to the two women in court, and a social worker spoke on behalf of the girl, reporting that the girl's parents and environment were a clear cause of the young woman's violent actions. The unnamed girl will spend her sentence at Echo Glen Children's Center in Snoqualmie while the dog, Snaps, will be transferred to a sanctuary for abused pets outside of Seattle. The dog was not fit for adoption due to its display of aggressive behavior. 

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