Crime & Safety

2-Year-Old Boy Bit by Dog in New Canaan

The dog is under quarantine and the boy had to get stitches.

A 2-year-old boy needed 16 stitches after being bit by a dog in Mead Park last week.

The Staffordshire terrier is under two-week quarantine per state law, according to the New Canaanite.

The dog was leashed at the time of the incident.

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