Chihuahua stabbed multiple times on Chicago street while on walk with teenage girl; 61-year-old woman arrested



A chihuahua was stabbed multiple times on a Chicago street while on a walk with a teenage girl Monday — and a 61-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the attack against the dog.

What are the details?

The 15-year-old girl, the dog's owner, was outside her family's home in the 6600 block of West Irving Park Road on the city's northwest side when a stranger launched the attack, WLS-TV reported.

Police said the suspect stopped to talk to the girl, WFLD-TV reported, but "moments later without warning" the suspect ran toward the dog and stabbed it with a knife. The girl tried to run away with the dog, but the suspect chased them and stabbed the dog several more times, WFLD said, citing court documents.

Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot

The girl managed to fight off the attacker and run, but not before her dog suffered serious, life-threatening wounds, WLS said, adding that the building's security cameras captured the attack.

"For no reason whatsoever, this woman just attacks and starts stabbing her dog," John Garrido of the Garrido Stray Rescue Foundation told WLS. "It's horrific in itself."

The foundation helped raise more than $9,000 in two days to pay for the 12-year-old dog's life-saving surgery, WLS said, adding that Bebe left the animal hospital Wednesday afternoon.

"Everybody focuses in on the evil this one person did, but we have over 250 people who stepped up to help this family," Garrido added to WLS.

Who is the suspect?

Police told WLS Jeannette Olivo was taken into custody shortly after the attack.

Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot, composite

WLS reported Wednesday that Olivo was still behind bars and faces two felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Sergio Macias, another owner of Bebe, told WLS the suspect "needs to be in jail. She needs to be held accountable. This cannot be happening."

How is Bebe?

Ana Gabriela Jasso, another owner of Bebe, told WLS that Bebe "is doing great. He's eating good. He was even barking with the other dogs, so that's a good sign to them."

'She deserves to rot in jail': Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey says a woman drowned her chihuahua in a pool



Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey says that a woman was captured on video drowning her dog in a pool.

The sheriff said that "the video that we have of her drowning her little chihuahua is the most horrific thing I've ever seen in my life. There is a special place in hell for this woman. Until she gets there, she's gonna rot in our jail."

Ivey said that after drowning the animal, the woman recorded the creature floating in the water, and slammed the dog on the deck several times.

He said that she left "the dog on the sofa for several days," then took to social media, "holding the dog up, showing people what she's done."

Ivey said, "if I hear as much that she has a pet rock, I will lose my crap because this woman doesn't deserve to have anything. She deserves to rot in jail."

The drowning occurred in October, but authorities recently learned about it when the woman's roommate gave them the video, Ivey said.

A graphic at the conclusion of Ivey's video indicates that the woman, Erica Black, faces one count of felony animal cruelty.

The sheriff also said that Black is already in jail "for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, where she stabbed a 68-year-old man twice."

An affidavit for arrest warrant posted by Law&Crime indicates that Black said she stabbed her roommate in self-defense, but that video footage "refutes Ms. Black's claim of self-defense."

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People commenting on the Brevard County Sheriff Facebook page praised Ivey and expressed contempt for Black.

"OMG, that made me cry without the video, what a great sheriff we have here! Hope she rots in jail," one person commented.

"Wow!! She is sick. Thank you Sheriff Ivey. I hope she does rot in jail," another person wrote.

"God bless you and what you do for these innocent fur babies!! We need more officers like you!" another person declared.