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Dog Owner Charged For Bizarre Bat Incident
posted (May 11, 2012)
33 year-old Russell Gongora, a businessman of Los Lagos, was arraigned for harm in the Magistrate's Court today. It is alleged that Gongora's dogs attacked a man, but instead of helping the man defending himself, Gongora fought with him.

According to police, 35 year-old Andre Gonzalez, an Airlines Manager, reported that he was walking on a street in Los Lagos on Wednesday, when he was attacked by two dogs that rushed out of a nearby yard. Gonzalez said that he pulled out a baseball bat to defend himself from being bitten by those dogs.

But according to Gonzalez, that's when the owner of the dogs, later identified as Russell Gongora, came out of his house, and wrested away the baseball bat. Gongora apparently got angry because Gonzalez was using it on his dogs, and that's when he allegedly used it to strike Gonzalez all over his body.

Gonzalez ended up suffering injuries to his lips, behind his left knee area, and to the left side of the back.

As a result, police arrested charged Gongora, and he was brought to court today. He pleaded not guilty to the charge, and was granted bail of $1,000, which he was able to meet.

He is expected back in court on July 6.

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