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DRIGGS, Idaho — The Teton County Prosecutor has actually released 2 misdemeanor citations originating from an April dog whipping event that sent a 5-year-old Driggs boy to the medical facility.
Trent Dayton and Joey “Lisa” Dayton, of Driggs, were each charged with one count of having a dangerous and at-risk dog. The misdemeanor counts bring fines of in between $200 to $5,000.
The citations were obtained through several public details demands by EastIdahoNews.com. Court records do not suggest what took place to the dogs after the whipping event.
According to the charges, the Teton County Sheriff’s Office reacted to a call from Teton Valley Hospital on the night of April 6 for a reported animal bite.
John and Jessie Vrabrec’s boy Sawyer, 5, was airlifted to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center that very same night with serious injuries to his face and eye. According to the court filings, John Vrabrec reported to the Teton County Sheriff’s deputy that he was suspicious that it was the next-door neighbor’s dog to the east of the family’s residence that might be accountable for his boy’s injuries.
Documents reveal the constable’s workplace discovered blood in the Vrabrec’s yard and inside the family’s home. It was uncertain in the court filings who was home at the time the boy was hurt, however court files reveal John Vrabrec discovered his boy “pushing the bedspread in blood, bite marks and whining in discomfort,” after he came home from work that night.
The court filings do not suggest when the deputy talked with the Daytons, however said that throughout a discussion with the couple, the Daytons provided their 4 dogs, 3 French bulldogs, and one female fighter. The deputy took images of the dogs.
According to court filings, the Daytons said they had a doggie door where the dogs might reoccur not being watched which the dogs were not being watched the night of April 6 around 5:30 p.m.
The constable’s workplace spoke with the boy after he returned home from the medical facility on Monday, April 10. In the court filings, Sawyer reported 2 dogs assaulted him which he “tried to kick at them, however they kept assaulting him and knocked him over and dragged him on the ground when he attempted to flee.”
The boy determined the fighter as the dog who bit him. It’s unclear how Sawyer avoided the dogs.
The case has actually not been revealed in the iCourts system — so it is unidentified when the case will be scheduled prior to a magistrate judge. Teton County Prosecutor Bailey Smith said she might not comment even more on the case.
The case has actually drawn the attention of Teton County management, who took conference time on April 24 to take a look at Teton County’s handling of animal control in basic and talk about the continuous dispute of working with a full-time animal control officer. In that conference, Teton County Sheriff Clint Lemuix said he would choose to have another full-time deputy over an animal control officer.
John Vrabrec required to social networks today, publishing on the Community Page of Teton County on Facebook that he has actually spoken to the Driggs mayor and City Council relating to dogs at big. He composed, “I would motivate all of the excellent individuals of this valley to express your interest in all of (our) regional leaders to act and spend our tax dollars properly that make sure and produce public safety.”
The Teton County commissioner strategy to continue their conversation on animal control at their next conference on Monday, May 8. The program has actually not been published since the publication of this short article.
