Pizza Place Kicking in Cash To Try and Get Simon "Off Death Row"

GUILFORD, CT - A New Haven pizza restaurant is holding a fundraiser on Sunday, January 27th to help Simon, the pitbull mix who is currently on death row in Guilford.

From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Jan. 27th, Frisco's Pizza, on 383 Forbes Avenue, will be donating money from every pizza purchased to raise money to help Simon.

On a Facebook page advertising the event, is this:

Frisco's Pizza along with Simon's supporters are raising money for advertising costs to make Guilford residents and others aware of Simon's plight !!

Frisco's will donate to our cause with every pizza that is purchased to Save Simon ! You must let them know you want to donate to Simon !

If you live out of the area and can't get down to Frisco's, they will take credit card donations over the phone that day .

We will have some raffles and Simon's family and supporters will be there to answer questions for you !!! A petition for you to sign and additional information.

Eat some pizza, it's good for the !!! Thanks !

David Young and a group of ardent supporters have been fighting to a legal battle against the town to get Simon out of the lockup at the Guilford Polcie Animal Shelter.

Young is appealing the town's decision to the state that the dog be euthanized after biting a teenager. Currently, Simon is locked up at the Guilford Police Animal Shelter, awaiting the outcome of an appeal hearing in front of the state Department of Agriculture.

Young and his lawyer has now filed a motion against the state seeking a court hearing on his "First Amendment" rights being violated.

The incident that caused Simon to be removed from Young's home dates back nearly a year, to August 2017.

A police report states that Simon bit and chased a 13-year-old neighbor who entered Young's yard with a lacrosse stick to retrieve his ball. The boy needed stitches.

Young says that Simon was just protecting his property.

But the police report said Simon had another incident, this time with another dog, six months earlier. The report also cited complaints from several neighbors who claimed they walk the neighborhood with sticks because Simon gets out of the yard.

Young has refuted those reports.
Young, Page, and a band of Simon's supporters who habitually attend selectmen meetings, believe First Selectman Matt Hoey has the authority to get Simon off "death row."

The supporters have also held a series of rallies outside Town Hall - the most recent of which was this past Sunday - to try and bring attention to their case.

The decision to euthanize the dog was made before Hoey became first selectman. The decision, which has been on hold for almost a year, was made after hearings by the Guilford Police Department and its animal control officer after the boy was bit last August.

The decision was made by after hearing testimony from Young, the bite victim, neighbors of Young, and police reports were reviewed.