Pit bull owner fined in Chicago mauling

CHICAGO — Chicago Police have cited the owner of two pit bull terriers that mauled a jogger along Chicago’s lakefront.

Jimmie Johnson of Chicago faces possible fines of more than $2,000 for failing to restrain the dogs and failing to license them. City code allows fines of $1,000 if failing to restrain a dog leads to severe injuries.

Police spokesman Robert Perez says the 57-year-old dog owner received four citations in total, two for each dog.

The jogger, 62-year-old Joseph Finley of Chicago, remained in critical condition at Stroger Hospital on Tuesday morning.

Police shot and killed the dogs Monday morning following the attack on Finley. He was running on a path in Rainbow Beach Park on the city’s far South Side when the dogs attacked around 6 a.m.