The 16-year old Burien girl who was accused of using her pit bull Snaps “like a weapon” against two women in SeaTac on June 21st was sentenced to 14 months in a juvenile detention center Thursday morning (Oct. 22nd).
The suspect, who is not being named because she is underage, had trained her pit bull to attack, according to charging papers (read our June 22nd report here). She plead guilty last month to second-degree assault, third-degree assault and being a minor in possession of alcohol.
Thursday she apologized in court in front of the victims, saying she needed treatment for anger management and substance abuse.
Court documents (view/download PDF here) allege that the female suspect and a group of three White Center boys were found abusing the animal on June 21st before the two women were attacked by the dog. One, a 63-year old woman, was assaulted by the girl before being bit on the thigh and hand by the pit bull.
Another female victim, 41, was attacked by the dog while the girl assaulted her, punching her in the face and knocking her to the ground, according to King County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart. She was severely mauled on both arms and required surgery at Harborview Medical Center.
Prosecutors did not file charges against the three boys.
As we previously reported, “Snaps,” the pit bull was seized by King County Animal Care and Control, and at one point was close to being euthanized, but was released in September and is now living peacefully at the Olympic Animal Sanctuary in Forks.
Here’s a Before and After pic of “Snaps” showing his current disposition at his new home:
A 16-year old Burien girl accused of killing a man in Kent has made a deal with King County prosecutors.
The girl (whose identity remains unreleased due to her age), plead guilty to manslaughter Thursday, and will serve less than three years in state juvenile detention after being sentenced Oct. 21st in King County Juvenile Court.
Prosecutors say information emerged that the girl may have been attacked or threatened.
The 49-year-old man, Francisco Pena, was stabbed in the chest in April at his home near Kent, after hiring the girl as a prostitute.
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[EDITOR'S NOTE: We're posting this story because cancer has touched our lives in more than one way, and BTB always strives to help and serve its community. Plus...come on – it's for a sick little girl...]
This Sunday, Sept. 21st, from 2:30-5:30pm, a benefit party will be held at Seattle Lutheran School in West Seattle (map below) for a sick little girl named Cora (photo at left), a pre-schooler who lives near White Center.
Cora was diagnosed with a Wilms Tumor, which is a cancerous tumor that blew out one of her kidneys. She had the tumor and the affected kidney removed in late June and has been having weekly chemotherapy treatments since. The prognosis is good, but she will get chemo through December to be certain they got all of the cancer.
The benefit is to help pay for Cora’s medical bills.
Cora, Cupcakes, a Clown, need we say more?
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 21st, from 2:30-5:30pm
WHERE: Seattle Lutheran High School Gymnasium, 4141 41st Ave SW
West Seattle, WA 98116
There will also be a silent auction with lots of tempting items, as well as “Team Cora” t-shirts for sale.
BURIEN – A 15-year old Burien girl has been arrested by King County Sheriff’s investigators in connection with the stabbing death of a 49-year-old Kent man last Friday (April 4).
Deputies were called to the man’s home on Tuesday to check on him, said sheriff’s spokesman John Urquhart. Deputies found the man dead in his garage, with apparent stab wounds.
Investigators tested fingerprints on a knife found near the man’s body and the print came back to the girl, Urquhart said.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating the slaying, but is still trying to identify the man.
The girl, who is being held at the King County Youth Service Center, has had “numerous contacts” with police in the past, including an arrest for prostitution, Urquhart said.
She was arrested on Thursday.
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Her name is Alexa Boggs, and according to the Youtube video, she’s just 3 years old.
Here she is singing the Michael Jackson love song to a rat “Ben“:
