8-year-old treated after reported dog attack on McMyler Street in Warren
A September 24 court follow-up reports that William A. Naylor pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor dangerous-or-vicious-dogs charge from the September 15 attack on an 8-year-old neighbor and received a 150-day jail sentence; a separate June 3 felony case remains pending.
Incident summary
Tribune Chronicle reported that an 8-year-old girl approached a home in the 2200 block of McMyler Street NW in Warren around 5 p.m. Sept. 15 when a dog ran through a screen door and attacked her, biting her hip and leg. Her family took her to the emergency room, where the child received antibiotics for an infection. In a September 24 court follow-up, the newspaper reported that William A. Naylor, 41, pleaded guilty September 23 in Warren Municipal Court to the misdemeanor dangerous-or-vicious-dogs charge arising from the child attack and was sentenced to 150 days in the Trumbull County jail. Judge Natasha Natale said the dog had been euthanized. In a separate case involving a June 3 attack by the same dog on a prescription-delivery worker, Naylor waived a preliminary hearing and the third-degree felony vicious-dog case was bound over to a Trumbull County grand jury. BiteDB records the misdemeanor guilty plea and sentence as adjudicated while preserving the separate felony matter as pending rather than inferring guilt.
Tribune Chronicle reported that William A. Naylor, 41, pleaded guilty September 23 in Warren Municipal Court to the misdemeanor dangerous-or-vicious-dogs charge arising from the September 15 child attack and Judge Natasha Natale sentenced him to 150 days in the Trumbull County jail. The newspaper also reported that, in a separate June 3 dog-attack case involving a prescription-delivery worker, Naylor waived a preliminary hearing and Natale bound a third-degree felony vicious-dog charge over to a Trumbull County grand jury. The misdemeanor case therefore has a reported guilty plea and sentence; the separate felony matter remains pending, and BiteDB does not infer guilt on that charge or civil liability.
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Tribune Chronicle reported that a dog broke through a screen door and attacked an 8-year-old girl on McMyler Street NW on Sept. 15, that the child was taken to St. Joseph Warren Hospital, and that the reported keeper was arraigned the next day and pleaded not guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor dangerous/vicious-dog charge. The newspaper said the same dog was identified as a pit bull in a Warren police report from an earlier June 3 incident.
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- Tribune Chronicle — Man sentenced in dog attackLocal court follow-up reporting the September 23 misdemeanor guilty plea, 150-day jail sentence, judge-stated euthanasia, and separate June 3 felony case bound over to a grand jury · 2026-09-24
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