Crime & Safety

Dog Running Free Bit Neighbor: Yorktown Cops

The owner was issued a criminal summons.

YORKTOWN, NY — A resident of Upland Road was issued a summons after Yorktown police investigated a report of a dog biting a person in the Yorktown Heights neighborhood.

According to police, they went to Upland Road Oct. 17 after a resident reported being bitten by a neighbor's dog while while walking down the street. Officers conducted an investigation and concluded that a large, beige mastiff belonging to Brian Amico was at large and had bitten the resident.

Police served a criminal summons on Amico Friday. He is due to appear in Yorktown town court Dec. 11.

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