Minneapolis, Minnesota – A woman is calling her dog a hero after the dog stopped a hammer-wielding man who broke into her home on September 5 and repeatedly struck her in the head with the tool. As reported by Local 12 News, Maria Grant’s 80-pound pit bull, Athena, attacked Damonte Latrentece Richardson, 36, after he struck her in the head with a hammer and then attempted to run upstairs where her children were sleeping.
Grant told WCCO News, “He’s just hitting me over the head with a hammer, and all I’m feeling is this. The hits and then the waves of blood coming down my face and he didn’t stop it.”
Grant tried to fight the man as he tried to go upstairs and that’s when she says Athena joined the fray, biting Richardson’s legs and stopping him from making his way to her kids. She tells the news agency, “I’m grateful she was there and I couldn’t. I don’t think I’d be here without her. I think I’ll be laying over there on the floor.”
Police arrested Richardson on a charge of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, but he was released from custody just 36 hours later. Grant tells the agency, “I feel like they failed me and I feel like they won’t find him and it’ll take months for them to find him and then by that time he probably would have did something else to somebody else.”
Grant knew her attacker. The man had walked her dog in the past and she said on the day of the attack, he showed up at her door wearing a wig and carrying a hammer.
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19 Comments
seems like the judge is the criminal here… this SOB should have never been released… what is wrong with the justice system in this world…. lets all the bad people go and puts petty misdemeanors in for longer than attempted murder…. sooo messed up…. Athena deserves a big steak and lots of cuddles … that dog saved that woman and the judge gave a slap on the wrist…. fuck that… let some good old boys find this POS and give him the beating he sooo deserves…
This is so horrible!!!! How could they let this piece of feces go after what he did??? He tried to kill this woman. So thankful for the dog that saved her and her children! This dirt bag deserves the same treatment he gave this lady—at the least, he deserves years behind bars! This is insane!!!!!
Wow. They let the scumbag go after he tried to kill someone. Too bad her dog didn’t kill him. He will do it again and maybe succeed this time.
Charge should have been attempted murder! He shoukd not have been released. What the hell is wrong with the judge? This thing ahoukd be locked away where he can’t re-offend because he WILL and the next time the outcome may not be a good one.
Charge should have been attempted murder! He shoukd not have been released. What the hell is wrong with the judge? This thing ahoukd be locked away where he can’t re-offend because he WILL and the next time the outcome may not be a good one.
Charge should have been attempted murder! He shoukd not have been released. What the hell is wrong with the judge? This thing ahoukd be locked away where he can’t re-offend because he WILL and the next time the outcome may not be a good one.
EXCUSE ME!!! BUT WHY DID THE AUTHORITIES LET THIS ‘KILLER GO’ HELLO!!! ANY BODY HOME?????
SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOCKED UP AND THE KEY THROWN AWAY SOON AS HE LEFT THE HOSPITAL?????
HES OBVIOUSLY A VERY REAL DANGER IN SOCIETY AND TO THIS POOR WOMAN & HER FAMILY!!!!
RIDICULOUS!!! NOW THEY HAVE GOT TO TRY & FIND HIM AGAIN!!!
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
Another one STERELIZE him asap
Attempted Murder, and who knows the intent with the Children, and they let this POS out? Wow, there Should be Charges There too…. thats not right. Bond be dammed, when they Want to keep someone they come up with whatever they need, why not Here?
You Can Always, Always, trust the dog.
What a bunch of Bullshit!!! Who the “Fuck” let him out ?? Maybe they should be his next victim!!!!
released from custody just 36 hours later.!!
Total BULLSHIT!!!!
What a disgrace this apartment is and for anyone not to care that they just let a monster go FREE!!!!!
Throw them in jail just to let them out, now that’s what I call a working system. I hope someone does the same to him before he does it again to another innocent person or Animal.
Throw them in jail just to let them out, now that’s what I call a working system. I hope someone does the same to him before he does it again to another innocent person or Animal.
WTF HAS HAPPENED TO AMERIKKKA’S JUSTICE SYSTEM? WITH THE GESTAPO IN CHARGE WITH ICE KILLING AMERICAN CITIZENS HOW DO WE NOT HAVE MORE TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR CUNTS LIKE THIS-LOOK AT THIS USELESS MANS FACE-WHERE IS THE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE(S)???
Another pathetic example of how broken the justice system is. He never should have been released and should be viewed as dangerous. Good job Athena!
Absolutely! Unbelievable that a brutal person like Damonte Latrentece Richardson would be allowed on the streets again to do the same to someone else or even return! Thank goodness for Athena the dog or they might all have been dead.
This person should have never been released! He is now out in society looking for his next victim! He should have been jailed and left there! Whatever is wrong with the judicial system it needs to be fixed! A lot of these judges are not taking their job seriously and are responsible for the release of these want to be killers and torturers.
This person should have never been released! He is now out in society looking for his next victim! He should have been jailed and left there! Whatever is wrong with the judicial system it needs to be fixed! A lot of these judges are not taking their job seriously and are responsible for the release of these want to be killers and torturers.
36 hours! what is wrong with the judicial system!? That was attempted murder not just an attack. The police need to find him before he hurts someone else and they need to give this woman/Grant 24 hour security. He may come back. Get this guy and lock him up for life!
Animals that are well taken care of and treated kindly will go to bat for you over and over and over again, thank God for this dog! Put the piece of garbage away for good!