Pit Bulls attack Lake Worth toddler

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Sheriff Arrests Parents Of Toddler Mauled By Dogs

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The parents of a 19-month old child, brutally attacked by a pack of dogs in Lake Worth, have been arrested.

Thursday deputies with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office arrested Chance Walker Sr. 26, and Patricia Walker 23. Both have been charged with Injury to a Child.

The couple was taken into custody, without incident, at a house in the 900 block of Hackamore Street in White Settlement.

Four dogs attacked little Chance Walker Jr. on January 30. The child was rushed to Cook Children’s Medical Center with serious injuries and ultimately had to undergo surgery to reattach an ear.

CBS 11 News learned that in the last year there had been eight ‘dog-related’ police calls made on animals at the address where the dog attack occurred.

Before Walker Jr. was released from the hospital, a Child Protective Services (CPS) investigation urged that the state be given temporary managing conservatorship from the parents. The request was granted.

Chance Walker Jr. remains in foster care. All four of the dogs blamed for mauling have been euthanized.

Chance Walker Sr. and Patricia Walker remain in the Tarrant County Jail, each with a $100,000 bond.

Conviction of a second-degree Injury to a Child charge is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

[Undertaker]

didn't hers have all kinds of health problems?

Yes sir.

[SMEGMA STENCH]

They were pit bulls of course they attackecd a toddler

[unkoricky]

They were pit bulls of course they attackecd a toddler

way cool dude

[YALE]

The mom looks like Sloth.

[unkoricky]

[Cooter]

was the toddler's name Ruth?

[SMKR]

Wow I hope the toddler is ok

[unkoricky]

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Mauled-Toddlers-Parents-Get-Probation-148215235.html

The parents of an 18-month-old toddler mauled by dogs in the backyard of the child's grandparents were sentenced to 10 years probation.

Chance and Patricia Walker got probation with deferred adjudication for their guilty pleas to injury to a child, meaning the conviction won't go on their record if they satisfy the terms of their probation. They were also sentenced to 120 days in jail as part of a plea agreement.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports terms also include parenting classes and an alcohol and drug assessment program.

Chance Walker Jr. was 18 months old when he slipped through a pet door into the backyard when he was attacked in January in an unincorporated part of Tarrant County. Affidavits said Patricia Walker tested positive for methamphetamine, and Chance Walker Sr. declined to take a drug test.

The four dogs involved in the attack were euthanized.

The child is in foster care.

[clevelandkid]

Well, at least those dogs will never attack anyone else, and that kid is out of that trash environment. Hopefully he gets a decent foster home.