A Honesdale man has been found guilty on two charges stemming from a dog-dragging incident.
Peter Ivosevic, 71, was ordered to pay a $500 fine and to forfeit the dog by Magisterial District Judge Theodore J. Mikulak after a summary trial that lasted for more than an hour on Wednesday, Mr. Ivosevic's attorney Joseph Gunnar Devine Jr., said.
On Feb. 4, Mr. Ivosevic tied his dog's leash to the front bumper of his Ford pick-up truck so the dog could exercise while Mr. Ivosevic made coffee and went about his morning business.
Roughly 45 minutes later, he came back outside and started his truck to go about his day, thinking his dog was in the truck.
"He drove thinking that the dog was in the back," Mr. Devine said.
As soon as he realized what happened, he rushed the dog to the Dessin Animal Shelter, where staff took the dog the Cherry Ridge Veterinarian in Honesdale, where he is expected to make a full recovery.
"He loved and cared about that dog," Mr. Devine said.
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