Following a trial in Hot Springs District Court last week regarding a pit bull that attacked and severely injured a man on November 23, of last year on Fox Pass Road, District Court Judge David Switzer found the pit bull’s owner, Retina Dexter, 36, guilty of no rabies vaccination and of owning a vicious animal.
Dexter was ordered to pay $5,000 in medical costs to the victim, Donny Moore. Moore had submitted more than $36,000 in medical bills to the court, following extensive plastic surgery for his wounds, with additional surgeries required in the future. Dexter was also ordered to repay $505 in costs to the City of Hot Springs for quarantining the animal as required by law and boarding the animal until the court date. Dexter asked the court if she could perform community service in lieu of a fine.
Judge Switzer ordered the destruction of the dog, which was completed this morning.
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