District Court Judge Laura Cheger Barnard has ordered the couple accused of being responsible for the dog mauling death of Craig Sytsma be bound over for arraignment on charges of second degree murder. Sebastiano Quagliata and Valbonaj Lucaj will be the first people ever tried for second-degree murder in Michigan in connection with a dog attack.
Sally Wallace, a veterinarian with Animal Medical Center in Lapeer was questioned at a preliminary hearing on Friday and told the court that both of the dogs involved in the fatal attack against Craig Sytsma, were brought into the clinic in April wearing muzzles, and both dogs tried to bite her and other staff.
It's not that you can't bring your dogs to 'Lapeer Days', a city ordinance allows it as long as the dogs are on a leash, but people are a little nervous around dogs these days after the recent fatal attack in our community. 'Lapeer Days' organizers would prefer that you didn't bring them downtown on such a busy day.
This dog really, really does not want to take a bath, and will do almost anything to get out of it, including laying there like a big lump of lifeless dog. We've never seen such a strong desire to NOT take a bath.