One “aggressive” canine remained on the free Friday after authorities stated three individuals, together with a McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy, have been injured in a sequence of canine assaults within the Johnsburg space the day earlier than, prompting a deputy to shoot one of many dogs and for animal management to take possession of three others.
Neighbors within the unincorporated space close to the Fox River stated the dogs have prompted issues and prompted visits from Animal Control previously; some say it’s the homeowners, not the animals, who’re guilty.
The sheriff’s workplace stated deputies have been referred to as to the home within the 2500 block of Huemann Drive at simply earlier than 6 p.m. Thursday for a report of an aggressive canine combat. “The owner reported that she was unable to separate her dogs who were engaged in a fight, and she had sustained wounds,” police stated in a information launch. A neighbor who intervened to attempt to assist was additionally injured, the discharge stated.
When deputies and hearth officers arrived, three dogs have been “loosely enclosed” on a entrance porch and two others had been corralled in a automotive. But whereas authorities have been talking to an proprietor, “the three dogs broke through the porch gate and aggressively ran toward responding deputies and fire personnel,” the discharge stated.
Authorities tried “less lethal” strategies of management, together with a hearth extinguisher and Tasers, however when that did not cease the dogs, certainly one of them was fatally shot, authorities confirmed. A deputy was additionally bitten within the course of and handled at a hospital.
“The Sheriff’s Office understands the bond between an owner and their pet and only resorts to using lethal force when it comes to protecting the safety and well-being of citizens and deputies,” the discharge stated.
McHenry County Animal Control seized three dogs. Another canine remained free as of two p.m. Friday, although deputies “have continually looked for the remaining dog through the night and into the morning with no success,” officers stated. They described the canine as a petite darkish brown pit bull with a white stripe on its face. People who spot the canine are requested to not strategy it however to report it to the sheriff’s workplace or Animal Control at 825-459-6222.
No resident of the home the place the dogs lived might be reached for remark.
But different residents within the space stated the dogs in query have been problematic for fairly a while, and that neighbors have generally shifted their day by day plans to attempt to keep away from the dogs.
Several neighbors stated the world is quiet and peaceable however that, with the canine on the free, “a lot of us are afraid to let our dogs out,” space resident Suzanne Gorman stated. She’d let her canine out earlier Thursday however with three individuals tagging alongside.
Even earlier than Thursday night’s incidence, resident Scott Treutler stated his daughter will wait in his automotive till her faculty bus arrives as a result of the cease may be very close to the place the dogs lived. He stated the dogs have been vicious since he moved into the neighborhood.
Gorman stated the police and animal management have been to the home “quite a few times” since she and her neighbors have moved in. Gorman stated the dogs will bounce the fence in the event that they see individuals or different dogs, including individuals within the neighborhood keep away from going by the home.
“None of us go over there,” Gorman stated. “This isn’t the first time they’ve attacked.”
Neighbor Rich Jay stated: “This has been a constant problem for years.”
Several space residents, together with Jay and his neighbor Stephanie Mysliwiec, have been fast to say the dogs weren’t the responsible celebration. Mysliwiec stated one of many dogs ended up in her backyard space Thursday, but in addition careworn the dogs aren’t at fault.
The individuals who reside within the home with the dogs “stay to themselves,” Gorman stated.
