By LARRY CELONA and KAVITA MOKHA
Last updated: 10:10 am
July 3, 2008
Posted: 3:39 am
July 3, 2008
A Brooklyn toddler was mauled by a pit bull yesterday after its sadistic, drunken owner unleashed the dog in a room where he knew five children slept, police said.
Frantz Cesar, 24, angry at his estranged wife, allegedly kicked in a basement air conditioner at 2 a.m. and threw in his pit bull.
The wife's sister, Cassina Smith, 19, said her 3-year-old nephew, Kamar Reynolds, was visiting when the attack took place.
"His ear was torn off. He couldn't talk. His jaw was [ripped] open," Smith said.
Cesar separated the dog from the boy, then "apologized, and he was laughing and smiling," said Smith.
Cesar was charged with assault and acting in a manner to injure a child.
Authorities said his dog would be put down.
Kamar was in serious condition after surgery.
Meanwhile, on Staten Island, Henry Piotrowski, 90, who was mauled Tuesday by a neighbor's pit bulls, remained in critical condition yesterday. Doctors may amputate his arm. The dogs' owner, James McNair, 28, a registered sex offender, was charged with assault.
Additional reporting by John Doyle and Cynthia R. Fagen
