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PITTSBURGH — A woman has been charged with striking her neighbor’s dog in the head with a board, blinding it.
Tairon J. Luster, 22, was arguing with a neighbor Saturday in Pittsburgh when she allegedly hit the 20-pound miniature American Eskimo with a two-by-four, authorities said.
Rosalyn Reed said the 9-year-old dog, Saki, can’t see and can hardly walk, but she hopes it will survive.
Luster is charged with simple assault, cruelty to animals, criminal mischief and illegal drug and weapons counts, after police found two loaded handguns, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in her house.
Over the weekend Animal Advocates, a nonprofit animal welfare organization, raised more than $5,000 in donations to help with Saki’s medical bills.
Police: Man died after arrestPITTSBURGH — Authorities in western Pennsylvania say an autopsy will be done to determine what killed a man who died after he was arrested by Pittsburgh police.Police homicide officials say officers responded shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday to a report that a man was trying to force his way into a home and was assaulting the homeowner.Officials say the man refused arrest and tried to assault one of the officers, and several different forms of less than lethal force were used to take him into custody.But police say officers saw shortly afterward while still at the scene that the man was having a medical emergency, and he later died at a local hospital.
Gettysburg climber rescued from rocksGETTYSBURG — A man who became stuck while climbing in the rocks at Devil’s Den in the Gettysburg battlefield park is recovering from injuries after it took crews about an hour to pull him to safety.The Evening Sun of Hanover reported Tuesday the unnamed man in his 20s suffered a dislocated shoulder and couldn’t climb out of a crevice in the rocks on Monday.A local fire official says it’s not uncommon for people to get stuck there.Devil’s Den and nearby Little Round Top saw heavy action during the 1863 battle that turned the tide of the American Civil War.