Left to right: Angelina Williams, Robert Michalski and Taylor Marvin-Brown (Ashland County Jail).
Three people from Ohio are behind bars after cops say they had a pit bull attack a handcuffed 6-year-old boy as a form of corporal punishment.
Deputies with the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office responded around 5 p.m. on Saturday to a home on Chapel Street in Savannah, according to a press release. Dispatchers learned that a pit bull had bitten a 6-year-old boy on the neck and ear. The boy’s injuries were serious enough that first responders had to airlift him to a hospital.
The boy’s mother, Angelina Williams, 28, lived at the home with a family member of the owner, 47-year-old Robert Michalski, who had the dog. Michalski had left the house with the dog before deputies arrived.
Deputies investigated further and said they determined Michalski, Williams and her boyfriend Taylor Marvin-Brown, 29, restrained the boy with handcuffs on his hands and feet and sicced the dog on him. Detectives searched the home on Monday and allegedly found evidence supporting the charges, though they did not reveal what they unearthed.
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They also located Michalski hiding with the dog in an upstairs crawl space, the press release said. Animal control deemed the dog “vicious” and confiscated it, deputies said.
Cops arrested Michalski, Williams and her boyfriend Taylor Marvin-Brown on charges of endangering children. They administered “corporal punishment” in a cruel way for “a prolonged period” that created a “substantial risk” of physical harm to the boy, according to the complaint.
Michalski is also facing a tampering with evidence charge while Williams and Marvin-Brown face obstruction of justice charges, records show.
All three remained at the Ashland County Jail as of Wednesday afternoon. The sheriff’s office is forwarding the case to the Ashland County Prosecutor’s Office for review.
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