Dog Bites Child, Leads To Arrest Of Owner In Westchester: Police

A 71-year-old man faces charges after allegedly failing to license his dog that bit a child in Northern Westchester, police said.

A 71-year-old Yorktown man faces charges following an alleged incident involving his dog biting a child.
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Ben Crnic

06/17/2023 12:00 p.m.

The arrest stemmed from an incident that happened on Sunday, May 14, when Yorktown Police responded to a report of a dog biting a child within the town.

According to the department, the incident involved a dog that resides within Yorktown. Officers soon identified the dog's owner as 71-year-old Yorktown resident Robert Sim, and found that he had failed to license the animal.

Police then applied for a criminal summons which was received from Yorktown Justice Court, and served Sim the summons on Thursday, June 8, which contained a charge of failing to license a dog, a violation of Yorktown town code.

Sim was then released on his own recognizance and will appear in Yorktown Justice Court on Tuesday, Aug. 8.

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