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Man, 58, Working in Back Yard Bitten by Resident’s Dog

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A 58-year-old man working in the back yard of a Plymouth Road home was bitten by a resident’s dog after someone let the dog out, police said. (Plymouth Road is shown here on a map — which does not point to the exact location of the incident.)

Darien police gave this account of the matter (with accusations not proven in court):

Police got a fax from a Mount Kisco, NY physician’s office about the incident at about 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3. Police then spoke to the victim by phone. The Lagrangeville, NY man said he didn’t think of calling police about the incident himself.

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Report: Akita Bites Dog Numerous Times on Brookside Ave

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A dog being walked on Brookside Avenue near Old Kings Highway North was attacked Sunday by an Akita after a girl walking that dog dropped its leash, police said. Police gave this account (including accusations not proven in court):

Sometime before 3:30 p.m., the bitten dog, a mixed-breed cattle dog, was being walked by a 44-year-old woman, who passed by two girls walking a white and brown Akita dog. The woman heard one of the girls yell, so she turned around to see the Akita running toward her and her dog. The Akita bit her dog on the hind legs and on the neck before the two girls took control of the attacker. The owner of the bitten dog took it to a veterinarian in Norwalk, who treated her pet for numerous puncture wounds.

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Dog Bites Woman on Her Cheek

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A woman walking her own dog with a friend was passing a neighbor’s house on Homestead Road on June 12 when the neighbor’s dog ran out of the house and attacked her dog, she told police. While trying to defend her dog, the woman was bitten several times herself — including a bite on her cheek that police called “significant” — although she didn’t notice that during the confrontation, police said. Darien police gave the following account of the incident, which resulted in police orders for both dogs to be quarantined at home for two weeks:

The victim, 50, was walking in front of her neighbor’s house at about 9 a.m. when the other dog, a black Labrador Retriever, ran out. That dog’s owner later said a door was left open in the garage by a man doing construction work at the house. The Labrador attacked her dog, whch was bitten on the neck and rear legs, and when the woman tried to intervene, she was also bitten — on her left upper leg, her left shin, on two spots on her right calf and on her left cheek.