Year-Old Child Attacked By Dog In New Port Richey Home

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — A year-old child was flown to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg with deep puncture wounds and lacerations to his face and left eye after being attacked by one of two dogs in the home.

New Port Richey police responded to Northbay Hospital Monday after the 1-year-old was brought to the hospital with bite injuries.

He was in the care of his mother, Destiny Coleman, who told police that the baby was in his playpen in the home when she left to go with a friend to purchase narcotics and alcohol. As she left, she yelled to another woman in the home, Tina Dean, to watch the baby.

Police said Dean was not in the same room as the child when Coleman left the house.

Dean initially said the baby was attacked by a stray dog outside the home, but then later admitted it was one of the two dogs that lived in the house that attacked the baby, police said.

Both Dean and Coleman were charged with child neglect resulting in great bodily harm and Dean was charged with giving false information to law enforcement.