California Cops Have Their Dogs Attack 88-Year-Old Woman: When She Slept In Her Own Bed In Her Own House - Lawsuit

K-9 Unit (Photo by Clotee Allochuku)

By Elizabeth Warmerdam
San Bernardino Police sent a dog to viciously attack an 88-year-old woman as she slept in bed in her own home, the woman claims in court.

Katharina Lambert sued San Bernardino, Police Chief Robert Handy and Officers J. Castro, S. Aranda and J. Echevarria, in Federal Court.

Lambert says the three officers entered her home at 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 23, 2013, allegedly in response to a silent burglar alarm. Without warrant or any pressing circumstances, Echevarria entered with a police dog, Lambert says.

Echevarria did not announce his entrance or warn that he was releasing a dog that might attack and bite, Lambert says in the lawsuit.

"Moreover, Echevarria knew, when he entered, that the dog was trained to bite hard, and to bite anywhere it could on a person's body," Lambert claims.

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