Jeannette police K-9 injured in dog attack during FBI-assisted warrant service
A resident dog attacked Jeannette Police K-9 Diesel during a July 30 warrant service on Adams Avenue; a September charging record says Diesel suffered neck punctures and scratches.
Incident summary
Jeannette police were assisting an FBI task force with a warrant service on Adams Avenue around noon on July 30 when a resident dog jumped a fence and attacked police K-9 Diesel. WTAE reported the same day that Diesel was taken to a veterinarian and was expected to be OK. In a September 15 charging notice, the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said the dog, described by authorities as a pit bull, latched onto Diesel’s neck; officers attempted a Taser, then physically intervened and used pepper spray to make the dog release. Prosecutors said Diesel sustained puncture wounds to the left side of his neck and scratch marks. The district attorney’s filing alleges that resident Gino Ferrari released the dog; those allegations are pending criminal accusations, not adjudicated facts.
The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office says Gino Ferrari, 63, was charged with offenses related to injuries to a police dog, recklessly endangering another person and inflicting injury to a domestic animal. The office lists an arrest date of September 11, 2026. These are criminal accusations, not findings of guilt; Ferrari is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. The reviewed sources did not establish a final animal disposition or court outcome.
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Primary record used by BiteDB
The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said Jeannette police were assisting an FBI task force with a warrant on Adams Avenue in July when a pit bull attacked K-9 Diesel, latching onto his neck. The office said officers physically intervened and used pepper spray after a Taser was ineffective, and that Diesel suffered left-neck puncture wounds and scratch marks. The same filing charges Gino Ferrari and expressly states that pending charges are accusations and defendants are presumed innocent.
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- WTAE — Police K-9 injured while assisting FBI with arrest in Westmoreland County — Local same-day reporting citing police · 2026-07-30
- CBS Pittsburgh — Man charged after dog attacks Jeannette K-9 — Independent local follow-up citing Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office · 2026-09-15
What BiteDB does not infer
Breed is recorded only at the provenance level shown above: sheriff-attributed for the main attacking dog, with the other two dogs left unknown. Family-described circumstances are kept separate from sheriff-attributed facts. The sheriff’s office later confirmed two owners and a pending petition seeking a vicious-dog designation; BiteDB does not treat that petition as a final adjudication, criminal charge or completed animal disposition.