By Wil Cruz, Staff Writer
Newsday
A Suffolk police sergeant was attacked by a dog after he and other officers tried to intervene in a heated domestic dispute in Holtsville, authorities said yesterday.
The dog, a German Shepherd mixed breed, was shot twice but survived, after it attacked and bit Sgt. Jean-Pierre Koscuik on the left leg Wednesday night, police said.
Koscuik was taken to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson where he was treated and released, police said.
Koscuik and two other officers responded about 8 p.m. to 70 Cherry Ave. after an argument between live-in partners Mary Taylor and Dwight Jackson escalated and became physical. Taylor, 35, called 911.
When the officers arrived, Jackson, 42, “gave a verbal command to the dog and the dog attacked the sergeant,” said Det. Sgt. William Lamb, who was investigating the incident.
The dog pounced on the officers and bit Koscuik, prompting two of the officers to shoot at it.
Lamb declined to say which officers fired their weapons, but said there were two shots, both striking the dog.
The dog was taken to a Selden animal hospital and survived its wounds, police said.
Jackson was arrested and charged with second-degree assault and harassment. It was unclear whether the assault charge was linked to the domestic dispute or the dog attack.
Jackson, who was represented by legal aid and could not be reached for comment, was arraigned yesterday at First District Court in Central Islip before Judge John Iliou. Jackson was held on $50,000 cash, or $100,000 bond, and is scheduled to appear in court again today.
Copyright 2007 Newsday, Inc.