Ashland, Ohio — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who was handcuffed and attacked by a family dog last year was sentenced to prison on Monday, according to Ashland County Court of Common Pleas records.
Angelina Williams, 28, was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for an incident that occurred on August 17 at a Savannah, Ohio, home in Ashland County. She had previously pleaded guilty to seven felony counts, including child endangerment, kidnapping, and obstructing justice.
According to court documents, Williams is serving consecutive prison terms that total between 23 and 28 and a half years.
Prosecutors said Williams, her boyfriend, and uncle handcuffed the boy by the ankles and wrists as a form of punishment after he refused to clean up after the dog.
The boy slipped while adults were trying to get him into a chair, and the dog attacked, according to officials.
The Ashland sheriff’s department video (shown in the video player at the top of the story) shows deputies giving the child first aid before helicoptering him to a hospital for treatment.
The boy was reportedly bitten on the neck and ear but was later released from the hospital.
The boy and his older sister were visiting their mother when the attack occurred. Williams lost custody of their two children in 2019.
In an August court appearance, Williams told a judge that she had no idea handcuffing a child was illegal.
“The dog is not my dog. “The cuffs are not even my cuffs,” Williams stated in court. “I had no idea the cuffs were illegal or what was wrong with them. My uncle told me it was fine.”
Taylor Desiree Marvin-Brown and the dog’s owner, Robert Michalski, both charged with child endangerment, are scheduled to be sentenced on July 14 and July 21, according to court records.
