Police are investigating the death of a 13-year-old boy whose body was found after he and another child were attacked by a large dog in Paterson, New Jersey. Paterson police say they received a report that two boys had been attacked by a dog Friday and that the children, both 13, ran in different directions. One of the boys, who authorities identified as Kenneth Santilla, was found dead. The other boy, whose name has not been released, and the dog’s owner, 50-year-old Paterson resident Paul Clarke, both suffered bite wounds. Authorities said Clarke stabbed the animal during the attack. The dog was euthanized, and its remains will be tested for rabies. According to Animal Care and Control, the dog that attacked the boys was a bull mastiff that weighed around 115 pounds.
Two “designer dogs” were stolen from a pet store in suburban Arlington Heights, police say.
A Havanese and Shih Tzu Poodle mix, both about three pounds, were taken from Happiness is Pets Store at 15 W. Golf Road on Monday, according to a news release from Arlington Heights Police.
A man and a woman entered the store, police said, and told the clerk they were interested in buying a dog. The couple played with one of the dogs in a pen and asked to see a second dog, police said. While in the pen, one of the dogs defecated leading the clerk to move the couple and the dogs to a different pen and left them alone to go clean up after the dog, the release says. When the clerk returned, the couple and the dogs were gone.
The dogs are valued at $2,065 each and are microchipped, police said. There was no surveillance video available.
Anyone with information about the crime should call Arlington Heights Crime Stoppers at 847-590-STOP.
