Euthanized canine linked to previous attack on woman
BY LESLIE GRIFFY • Lgriffy@thecalifornian.com • January 16, 2010
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office dog that was put down after killing another dog this week had attacked a woman less than seven months earlier.
Codi Campoli filed a claim against the county seeking an unspecified amount of money after the dog, known as Bosco, attacked her on the morning of June 22 on San Juan Grade Road. On Friday, the county rejected the claim, often filed as the first step in a lawsuit against a government agency, officials said.
Euthanization
While the June incident didn't make headlines, Bosco was in the news this week, when officials had to euthanize him after he attacked two dogs, killing one, in Aromas. Bosco had gotten outside around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Monterey County sheriff's Cmdr. Mike Richards declined to comment about the Campoli incident, because of the potential lawsuit.
It's unclear how Bosco and Campoli crossed paths or how the bite occurred. Campoli's attorney said his client was "brutally attacked and mauled."
"This was a very dangerous animal," said Orestes Cross, attorney at the San Francisco-based Waltson Cross. "Thank God that animal got loose at 3 a.m. and that no other person suffered what Ms. Campoli has experienced, or someone would surely be dead right now."
While Richards declined to comment on the case, the day Bosco's death was announced, he pointed to several cases that the Belgian malinois worked — including the seizure of millions of dollars worth of cocaine in Los Banos last year.
"[Bosco] was a very valuable member of this office. This is a tragedy all around," Richards said at the time.
It's unclear what kind of investigation the department did into Bosco after he bit Campoli. Sheriff's Office policy says "each dog bite is unique and must be reviewed under the circumstances it occurred."
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