A Bowling Green woman walking in Wintergarden Park last weekend was bitten by a dog that had been designated as a “dangerous dog” by the Wood County Dog Warden.
Tammy Bankey received multiple puncture wounds to her upper arm, and was taken to Wood County Hospital.
According to the Bowling Green Police report, Bankey was walking in the park when she heard someone yelling for his dog, which was running loose. She captured the dog and took it back to Stephen Donnelly, who had another dog on a leash. Donnelly was reportedly dog sitting for the dog’s owner Chris Jackson.
Bankey said as she approached Donnelly, the dog on the leash jumped on her and bit her upper arm, forcing her to the ground. Donnelly reported to police that he kicked the dog in the head to get him to release Bankey.
Donnelly had already been warned for having a loose dog in Wintergarden Park in 2017. And in 2018, the dog which bit Bankey had reportedly bitten another woman in the park. As a result of that incident, the dog had been determined to be a “dangerous dog.”
Donnelly was cited by police for this past weekend’s incident for two counts of failure to confine a dog.
Bowling Green Natural Resource Coordinator Chris Gajewicz said he would speak with the parks director Kristin Otley about banning Donnelly from walking dogs in the park.
