8/20/14 - It appears a Northfield Township father and son will face misdemeanor criminal charges after their two dogs were implicated in at least two attacks. The Washtenaw County Prosecutors Office authorized charges Tuesday against 27-year-old Adam Bater, who is expected to be arraigned on two counts of having unlicensed dogs while his 54-year-old father faces two counts of allowing the dogs to stray for allegedly opening the door when the dogs ran out. No date has been set for their arraignment. Ellen Mohan was attacked July 17th by two Boxer terrier mixed dogs while walking in the Northfield Estates Mobile Home Park, killing her poodle terrier and mauling her hands. She was hospitalized and underwent weeks of physical therapy. The dogs were released from the shelter on different occasions following the attack, much to the dismay of Mohan and neighbor Brent Stanley, who came forward to identify one of the dogs as having attacked his daughter a month earlier while playing on the swings. The two dogs are currently under quarantine at the Humane Society of Huron Valley, where they have been held since Northfield Township Police obtained a court order. However, both Mohan and Stanley said had the dogs been properly quarantined by the shelter or police and not released back to the owners on both occasions, Mohan might have been spared the more violent attack. Meanwhile, a civil hearing was delayed last week that would determine the fate of the two dogs implicated. Mohan told WHMI that Adam Bater, arrived with an attorney who asked for a postponement so a âdog expertâ could determine if the dogs should legally be considered as dangerous animals. That hearing was moved to September 3rd. (JM)
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