Crime & Safety
Police: Owner of Puppy Sprayed with Pepper Spray Issued Citation
Police say Dawn Stein of Stonesthrow Road was issued a citation for "Confinement of Dogs" after her puppy went into the road and was sprayed with pepper spray by a passing dog-walker.
A Lower Saucon Township resident was cited Feb. 22 for allegedly failing to keep her dog confined to her property, township police said in a press release Friday.
Police said that Dawn Stein, of the 1300 block of Stonesthrow Road, was issued a citation for "Confinement of Dogs" after her puppy went into the road in the late afternoon.
When a woman who was "walking by with her dog" encountered the puppy, she sprayed it with pepper spray, police said in the release.
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Police identified the passing dog-walker as Nancy Santucci, also of the 1300 block of Stonesthrow Road, Lower Saucon Township.
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