Broward County (where else?)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/9702150.htm?1c
Broward
Posted on Sun, Sep. 19, 2004
STUART
Pit bulls attack crowd in shelter
A Port St. Lucie man was arrested after he allegedly unleashed his two pit bulls and ordered them to attack hurricane refugees taking shelter in an office building.
By TERESA LANE
Palm Beach Post
STUART - A mental health counselor was charged with aggravated battery Friday after witnesses said he unleashed two pit bulls on a crowd of hurricane refugees in a Stuart office building just as Frances' eye wall was passing by Sept. 4.
Ryan C. Moore, 54, of Port St. Lucie, reportedly released his dogs with a command of ''Go get them'' while he and other employees were holed up inside the A.G. Edwards building, police reports state.
William E. Schoonmaker, of Jensen Beach, suffered deep bites to his stomach, face, throat and hands, and Sabrina Stuart was bitten in the leg as she tried to help Schoonmaker's wife escape shattering glass, reports say.
Stuart called 911 during the terrifying 10 p.m. ordeal but was told police and rescue crews couldn't respond until the hurricane-force winds had retreated, according to police reports.
Stuart said that on Saturday she and other building refugees were terrified for about an hour while the dogs roamed loose. She said she held a hammer in defense as she made her way to bandage Schoonmaker's injuries.
Another witness stabbed one of the pit bulls with a knife. Police eventually caught up with the fleeing Moore after his car stalled in the height of the storm, reports say.
One of the dogs was returned home with Moore's estranged wife while the other was taken to an animal clinic for treatment, witnesses said.
''We were all trapped inside our offices, even though we wanted to get into the hallways where we felt it would be safer away from the glass windows,'' Stuart said. ``Bill [Schoonmaker] had a bunch of wounds, and I got my first aid kit and bandaged him up as best I could.''
Schoonmaker and his wife, Kathy, operate an insurance agency two doors from Moore's business, Counseling and Evaluation Services.
Moore specializes in treating patients with addictions and sexual and anger-management problems. Kathy Schoonmaker said she was acquainted with Moore and his family before the attack and was trying to help Moore shortly before he turned aggressive.
Moore, who has previous arrests for domestic violence, sexual assault and aggravated assault with a weapon, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery Friday and released from the Martin County Jail after posting $100,000 bail.
uh, Stuart and Port St. Lucie are in Martin County.
Now, let me get this straight...as of the other day, this guy was currently an "anger management counselor?"
Who does the hiring for this stuff?
OK...I guess he must be a freelancer.
Some folks just need killin'.