HARTFORD, Conn. â The father of a 1-month-old fatally mauled by a pit bull Monday night is wanted for questioning in a New London arson fire set hours later, police said.
Timothy Settles was the last person seen at the house at 10 Rosemary Street before the fire started about 4 a.m. Tuesday, New London Chief Peter Reichard said.
More than seven hours earlier, about 8:40 p.m. Monday, officers were called to the scene of a dog attack at 36 McKinley Avenue in Norwich, police said. When they arrived, they learned the familyâs dog had attacked 1-month-old Carter Settles.
The baby was at home with his mother and paternal grandmother, Norwich Lt. John Perry said. One of the women was holding Carter when the pit bull jumped up and began biting him, Perry added.
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The family of the 95-year-old Suffield woman killed by a pitbull in late 2019 will receive a $2 million payment to settle its wrongful death lawsuit against the dog’s owner, former state legislator and animal rights advocate Annie Hornish.
The state has made a final decision in the case of the dog that attacked and killed a 95-year-old woman in Suffield last year, affirming an order to euthanize the animal.
That final decision was issued Monday by Bruce Sherman, director of the state Bureau of Regulatory Services. It affirms a proposed decision made by Department of Agriculture hearing officer Carole Briggs in October.
âUpon careful consideration of the entire record, I have determined that the Town of Suffield has proved, by a preponderance of the evidence in the record, that the statutory elements for issuance of a disposal order have been satisfied,â Sherman wrote.