Crime & Safety
Giant Dog Charges Mail Carrier
The information in this report is from the Solon Police Department.
A mail carrier was making his rounds on Edgemoor Avenue in Solon when he said a large "Mastiff-type" dog charged him.
According to a report, the mail carrier sprayed the dog with mace and the dog ran off. The incident happened on Nov. 16.
The mail carrier told a 47-year-old woman whose mother lived next door what happened, and the woman also told police she saw the dog running in her mother's backyard.
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The dog was eventually caught and police cited its owner, a 37-year-old Edgemoor Avenue man, with failure to control a dangerous dog, a misdemeanor.
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