EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was written by Dillon Carr at Ashland Source.
SAVANNAH – Three people have been charged for their involvement in a dog attack that left a 6-year-old boy seriously injured in the Village of Savannah last weekend.
Police and medical personnel responded to the incident on Aug. 17 after a harrowing 911 call lasted more than 10 minutes. Upon arrival, emergency responders requested a rescue helicopter, according to Ashland County Sheriff’s Office records.
The boy’s mother is 28-year-old Angelina Williams from Cleveland. She is accused of child endangerment and obstruction of justice.
Taylor Desiree Marvin-Brown, 29, of Sandusky, is considered Williams’ “lover,” according to the Ashland County District Attorney’s Office. Marvin-Brown faces the same charges as Williams.
Robert Michalski Jr., 47, of Savannah, was charged with child endangerment and tampering with evidence.
The Ashland County District Attorney’s Office based the child endangerment charge on the charge by saying the defendants had used excessive “corporal punishment or other physical disciplinary measures” over a long period of time.
Both had to appear before Judge Emily Bates for a bail hearing on Wednesday. Williams received bail of $300,000. Marvin-Brown received bail of $250,000 and Michalski received bail of $150,000.
Another hearing is scheduled for Friday. The court records do not indicate any lawyers for the defendants.
Ashland County Prosecutor Chris Tunnell expects the case to be reviewed by a grand jury and possibly additional charges.
Tunnell did not provide any further details about the case.
Emergency call
A woman called 911 shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday and immediately informed the dispatcher that a boy had been bitten “on the side of the neck” by a pit bull.
“It’s bad… it’s on his neck and his ear,” she said.
She said she was a paramedic and urged the boy’s father to apply pressure and “not let up.”
The caller said the boy was conscious, but she heard “gurgling” sounds when he breathed.
“You can see pretty damn close to the bones. His dad is with me right now, applying pressure… everything’s OK, buddy, everything’s OK,” she said to the dispatcher and the boy.
More hysterical voices can be heard in the background. The caller: “He’s not going to die, he’s fine. They’re on their way.”
At some point during the ten-minute phone call, some became impatient and decided to drive the boy to Ashland Hospital. They got in the car, but drove only as far as the village fire station, where an ambulance found them.
As the rescue team arrives, a voice can be heard asking the boy, “Hey buddy, are you holding on?”
The boy answers in a youthful, high voice: “Yes.”
