The pit bull suspected of charging and attempting to bite a mail carrier in Edgewater on Monday has been turned over to police.
Mario Gonzales, who lives at the home where the attack occurred and owns the pit bull, and Levi Moreauc, who was harboring the dog, brought it to police Saturday morning, according to a news release from the Edgewater Police Department.
The dog, named Spooky, was taken to the Foothills Animal Shelter at 580 McIntyre St. in Golden. Spooky is on a police hold pending a court disposition.
On Monday, Spooky and a Rottweiler broke through a window screen and chased the mail carrier in the 2400 block of Newland Street, police said.
The mail carrier called 911 and used mail to fend off the dogs.
When police arrived, they found two teenage girls trying to control the dogs.
The Rottweiler slipped lose and attacked one of the officers. The dog bit him several times on the thigh before the officer escaped. The Rottweiler then attacked the other officer, who shot the dog in the head.
Both officers were treated by paramedics for their injuries.
The Gonzales family, which also owns the Rottweiler, faces six counts — three for each dog — of having a vicious animal, animals running at large and failure to have rabies inoculation and tags.
Gonzales will have to answer to a municipal judge Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Police responded to a complaint that the same dogs chased the same mail carrier in May and had issued a warning to the dogs’ owners last year.
