The metropolis’s Animal Care Services company issued the citations to Gregory Palmer, 54, in reference to the Sept. 5 mauling of Paul Anthony Striegl Jr., company spokeswoman Lisa Norwood stated.
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Striegl, 47, was hospitalized after the assault, initially in important situation. On Tuesday, his brother advised the Express-News that medical doctors at Brooke Army Medical Center amputated Striegl’s left forearm over the weekend. Striegl was underneath sedation Tuesday, his brother stated.
Striegl’s proper arm stays closely bandaged, and he can wiggle the fingers on that hand, his brother stated. Striegl has stitches extending from his abdomen to his facet on account of the assault. He has obtained a number of blood transfusions.
“Right now, he’s been not doing too good,” brother David Striegl stated. “They have him sedated as a result of they thought he was having a stroke the opposite day. So he was taken for a CT scan. He had had a stroke like a yr or two in the past. He’s had a coronary heart assault earlier than.”
Of the citations issued to Palmer, two have been for his dogs leaving their property whereas freed from restraint, Norwood stated. The third quotation was issued as a result of one of many dogs bit Striegl.
“It is towards the legislation on your pet to chunk somebody,” Norwood stated by electronic mail.
ACS refused to offer copies of the citations, saying they are not public information as a result of the case has not but been adjudicated in courtroom.
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A felony quotation is a much less extreme type of holding somebody accountable for an alleged violation of the legislation. It will not be as severe as being arrested on felony costs filed by the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office or pursued by legislation enforcement companies with arrest powers.
Citations are normally resolved via hearings or trials in San Antonio’s municipal courts.
The assault occurred simply after 11:30 a.m. Sept. 5 as Paul Striegl was sitting in a chair in his fenced-in entrance yard smoking a cigarette, in accordance with neighbors on the cellular home park within the 9500 block of Heidelberg Street, simply north of town of Windcrest.
Palmer was at work, however somebody at his residence let his dogs exterior. The canines — each unsterilized American Staffordshire terriers, one male and one feminine — slipped underneath the fence to succeed in Striegl. The male canine bit him on the arms and abdomen, authorities stated. Investigators later decided the feminine canine didn’t assault Striegl.
The feminine was reported to be in warmth, and the male canine is claimed to be very protecting of her.
Striegl had by no means had issues with the dogs earlier than, his brother stated.
“He stated when the… canine began attacking, that’s all that he remembers from there,” David Striegl stated. “The solely factor he remembers after that’s being lifted into the ambulance.”
ACS picked up each dogs and held them in quarantine. The feminine canine was sterilized earlier than Palmer was allowed to reclaim her.
San Antonio’s Code of Ordinances on animals prohibits permitting dogs to roam off their property. It additional states that any “canine that bites an individual or home animal whereas the canine was discovered freed from restraint shall be required to be sterilized inside 30 days following the quarantine interval.”
If a canine is impounded on the ACS facility, the director might require that sterilization be accomplished by the company on the proprietor’s expense, town ordinance states.
Palmer’s male canine stays in ACS custody. A municipal courtroom listening to is scheduled for two:30 p.m. Thursday to find out the canine’s destiny.
Municipal Court No. 4 Judge Lisa Gonzales may order the animal euthanized if she concludes that it induced severe bodily damage by attacking, biting or mauling an individual, a metropolis spokesman stated.
Palmer can attend the listening to and convey his personal legal professional. He declined to touch upon the assault till after the listening to.
The continuing will not concentrate on the felony citations towards Palmer. Those will probably be thought of at a later courtroom date.
The listening to additionally has nothing to do with any felony costs that the San Antonio Police Department and the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office may pursue towards Palmer. No such costs have been filed to date. The police investigation is continuous.
Striegl is a canine lover and would not need something to occur to Palmer’s dogs, even after the assault, his brother stated.
But David Striegl expressed concern about his brother’s well-being if each of Palmer’s dogs are allowed to return to the trailer park.
“He would not have anyplace else to dwell,” he stated of his brother. “So if he makes it via this, he is going to return. And what retains the dogs from attacking him the subsequent time?”
The incident was the latest in a collection of canine maulings in San Antonio this yr.
In February on the West Side, dogs killed Air Force veteran Ramon Najera Jr., 81, of Leon Valley, and injured his 74-year-old spouse. The victims have been visiting a buddy within the 2800 block of Depla when the 2 dogs escaped from a fenced yard subsequent door.
The animals’ homeowners — Christian Alexander Moreno, 31, and his wife, Abilene Schnieder Moreno, 31 — are charged with harmful canine assault inflicting demise and recklessly inflicting damage to an aged particular person, each felonies.
Najera’s spouse has filed a civil lawsuit against the couple and the proprietor of the home the place they lived, Carlos Moreno, looking for damages of greater than $1 million.
This month, a person was arrested after his canine allegedly attacked and injured a 68-year-old man in a far West Side neighborhood.
The sufferer suffered puncture wounds to each legs, his head and his groin, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office stated. A neighbor who heard screams ran exterior and pulled the canine off the sufferer.
The animal’s proprietor, Kelly Max Oshaughnessy, 33, faces felony charges including recklessly causing serious bodily injury to an elderly person and dangerous dog attack.
To report a harmful animal, name 311 (210-207-6000). If an animal poses a right away menace to life, name 911.
