Crime & Safety

Dog Bites Boy, 9, On Londonderry Drive

The dog will be quarantined inside the owner's home for two weeks.

A 9-year-old boy was bit in the back by a German Shepherd on Londonderry Drive Sunday evening.

The Record-Journal reports that a dog ran out its home at 519 Londonderry Drive just before 5:19 p.m. Sunday evening and bit a 9-year-old boy playing in the neighborhood. The boy was not seriously injured but was advised to get a tetanus shot, according to The Record-Journal.

The owner was ordered to quarantine the German Shepherd inside the owner's home for the next two weeks, according to The Record-Journal.

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