Tarentum Man Faces Charges For Halloween Dog Attack

(WPXI) – A Tarentum man is facing several charges after police said his dogs ran loose on Halloween and attacked three people.  Brandon Baynes, 36, of Tarentum is charged with 3 counts of recklessly endangering another person and animal neglect. According to a criminal complaint, the dogs did not have adequate food and water and were kept in “deplorable” conditions.  Neighbors described that Halloween night as horrific and said the dogs were out for blood.  Cell phone video taken from inside a neighbor’s house showed Shawn Flynn running out of his friend’s house to help a man, Michael Shutack, who was being viciously attacked by two Pit bulls when the dogs suddenly turned on him.  “Instinct took over,” Flynn said. “I ran out this house. I didn’t have a plan. I looked to see to grab anything. I grabbed this old carpet and ran up and tried to get them off. Eventually, they broke away and two started going after me.”  Flynn said he was still traumatized by that night.  “If I hear a dog bark, I jump,” he said.  Police said three Pit bulls broke through the screen door of their 6th Avenue home and chased after trick-or-treaters in the street.  Their neighbor, Shutack got the kids out of harm’s way when two of the dogs started biting his face, neck and legs. The dogs then targeted Flynn, sinking their teeth into his hands and leg.