ALBANY, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) — There are new details emerging in the dog attack that claimed the life of a man two weeks ago at a house on Central Avenue and NEWS10 has learned new information about the investigation.
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“The conditions were such that we believe charging them is warranted,” said Lieutenant Willie Black, Albany Police Department Special Operations Unit.
That is what the lieutenant said at a public safety meeting Tuesday evening when it came to possible charges in the dog attack that killed 59-year-old James Provost of Schenectady.
Flack says some of the dogs involved in the attack had been removed from the home once before during a drug bust. “So, they’re the same dogs. They came back. They at the time, they were licensed.”
Albany PD: Man killed in dog attack
Provost was killed after being attacked by several dogs two weeks ago. Lt. Flack told the Albany Common Council that this is becoming a growing trend. “This has become ingrained to have these dogs. Whether it’s for status, whether it’s for protection, whatever it be, and whoever has the biggest, baddest dog is the biggest baddest dude.” He says in order to make changes and keep the public safe, it’s going to take more than just Animal Control Officers. “Right now, if we have animal cruelty cases, they kind of have to wait for an officer to do the criminality side of all that. They can issue tickets under the known ordinances. They can do those type of things,” said Flack…