Overview
- Detectives using surveillance video Thursday evening arrested 49-year-old Andrea Bono and took the dog into custody.
- The larger dog knocked P.J. Peterson to the ground on Ferry Street Tuesday, breaking his collarbone, and mauled his Shih Tzu, Mushroom, who needed about 50 stitches and multiple surgeries.
- Bono appeared in court Friday on warrants from Quincy, Boston, and Chelsea, and police have not filed charges tied to the attack.
- Everett Animal Control placed the 11-month-old hound in quarantine under Massachusetts bite rules that isolate dogs to check for rabies risk during investigations.
- Peterson described the attacking dog as a pit bull mix, while police listed it as a hound, and Mushroom’s veterinary bills have reached about $17,000 as both recover.