A woman who allegedly stabbed another person’s dog to death with a kitchen knife while out on a morning walk in South Fulton has been arrested, according to her warrant.
Chondria Richburg, 43, is facing a felony charge of aggravated cruelty to animals in connection with the March 3 attack.
According to her warrant obtained Wednesday, Richburg was on Butner Road with her pit bull around 8:45 a.m. when a male Bully canine named Dexter crossed the street and approached them on the sidewalk. The warrant stated her pit bull “immediately” attacked Dexter and held the canine down on its back and neck while it tried to retreat.
“(Richburg) then stood over both canines and repeatedly stabbed the Bully seven times as it lay there defenseless,” the warrant stated.
During the attack, the warrant said Richburg never tried to pull her dog off Dexter or try to separate them. The canine was stabbed in the head, neck, back and genitals, according to Capt. Nicole Dwyer of the Fulton County Police Animal Services Division.
After the stabbing, Dwyer said Dexter managed to run across the street, but the pit bull got loose from Richburg and attacked the canine again.
The dog died shortly after arriving at an emergency veterinary clinic, police said.
According to Dwyer, Richburg was involved in eight other incidents with dogs in her neighborhood. Three of them involved her pit bull.
“In one of those, her dog almost bit the head off a terrier and killed it,” Dwyer said. “Her pit bull is very dog aggressive and there’s been multiple incidents involving her and her dog in the last couple of years.”
The alleged behavior prompted an HOA president to ask Richburg not to walk her dog in their subdivision, Dwyer said. A sign was put up at the entrance that said no dog walkers on private property “in an attempt to keep her out,” the captain noted.
Richburg was arrested at her home Monday by South Fulton police before being booked into the Fulton jail, according to online records.
Dwyer said the pit bull was confiscated by police at Richburg’s home and will be “held for court,” where a judge will decide its fate. She said the pit bull attacked another dog that lived in the yard with Dexter a couple of years ago, so they were “familiar with each other.”
“Whether the dog will be euthanized or be given back to the owner with stipulations that maybe it can’t go out unless it has a muzzle on,” Dwyer said. “It’s just what the judge decides.”
Four days after the attack, Richburg filed a civil lawsuit against Dexter’s owner alleging defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence, according to court documents. In the complaint, Richburg said she and her dog suffered injuries and she accused the owner of failing to secure Dexter and then publishing statements online about the incidents.
“I’m aware, (but not involved) in any of that,” Dwyer said of the lawsuit.
According to an order filed Tuesday in Fulton Superior Court, Richburg was granted a $100,000 bond and ordered to not have any contact with Dexter’s owner or the family. Other conditions of Richburg’s bond include not being around knives or animals, court documents stated.
“If you encounter the victim, you must leave immediately, and must not come within 200 yards,” the bond order added.
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