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Article: Vicious Dogs Put Bite Into Street Crime; Robbers Use Pit Bulls, Rottweilers as Weapons
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- The Washington Post
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- September 17, 1995
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Dogs such as Rottweilers and pit bulls, often mistreated to
encourage aggressive behavior, are becoming a weapon of choice for
robbers as well as youths seeking to establish neighborhood
reputations as macho men.
Although statistics are inconclusive, police and animal control
officials can recount incident after incident -- in the District and
around the Washington area -- in which dogs have been used instead of
guns or knives to intimidate victims.
Nine days ago, a 32-year-old man was attacked by a dog and robbed
in Capitol Heights outside a restaurant after two men with a pit bull
walked up to him and demanded cash. He surrendered his money, but the
dog attacked him anyway. Prince George's ...