CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — A guy was sentenced Thursday for beating a lady and attacking her with canines during an altercation in 2023.
Zachary Atkinson, 21, of Cabin Creek was arrested for destructive assault on September 2, 2023, right after video clip captured his beating of a 24-year-outdated girl although his two pit bulldogs attacked her at a Cabin Creek trailer park. He plead guilty to a charge of illegal wounding on February 23, 2024.
On Thursday, Atkinson was sentenced to go to the Anthony Centre for 6 months to two several years exactly where he will finish plan specifications. Upon application completion, he will be released to the committing court docket and receive probation of up to 5 several years, whereby he can also return to the choose if he deems his punishment as unfit or if he carries on to break regulations.
The decide explained that Atkinson’s punishment was in his most effective fascination and that Atkinson was remorseful.