A Pit Bull named Apollo allegedly bit a man working at a neighboring residence and the dog’s owner is scheduled to appear in court this month. The dog allegedly had not been given a rabies vaccination.

Julie M. Linne, 40, of rural Bloomfield, has been summoned to appear in Greene Superior Court on August 22 on a preliminary charge of harboring a non-immunized dog, a Class B misdemeanor.

Deputy Terry Wade of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department started investigating in late May when someone reported a dog bite to the sheriff’s department. The caller said the bite occurred at the residence of a family member where contractors were working and the dog had bitten one of the workers.

When Deputy Wade arrived at the scene, located on State Road 157 north of Bloomfield, he talked to the man allegedly bitten who said when he left the back of one of the trucks, he encountered the dog which was running loose and not on the dog owner’s property. He said the dog bit his left hand and left a puncture. Then when he put both hands in the air, the dog continued to bark at him.

When Deputy Wade arrived at the owner’s nearby residence, the dog was tied up in the yard. When he talked to Linne, she said the dog named Apollo was a brown and white Pit Bull approximately one year and seven months old. She said it was her daughter’s dog and she was not able to provide vaccination records. She was advised of quarantine guidelines.

Deputy Wade reported that when he went back in mid-June to follow-up, Linne was still not able to provide vaccination records.

July 1 rolled around and Wade still had not received any records for Apollo. A criminal case was filed.

According to state law, any dog over the age of six months is required to be vaccinated for rabies.