A 23-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty yesterday to attacking two law enforcement officers -- one by throwing a pit bull at him -- as they tried to arrest him for violating his parole, according to the city state's attorney's office.
Circuit Judge Timothy Doory sentenced Charles Smith of the 3100 block of Belmont Ave. to 10 years in prison for assaulting Agent Kimberly Collins, who suffered a fractured skull and hematoma behind her ear after Smith pushed her onto a concrete sidewalk.
Smith received an additional five years for assaulting Lt. Robert Thumma with his pit bull. According to Assistant State's Attorney Staci Pipkin, when Thumma and Collins arrived at Smith's house on Belmont Avenue, his pit bull ran out the open front door and down the street.
Smith told Thumma and Collins that the dog was vicious and would only respond to him. They allowed Smith to retrieve the dog, which he did, but as Collins moved to arrest him, he threw the pit bull into the open window of Thumma's patrol car and onto his lap.
He then ran at Collins and pushed her with "such force that her feet went over her head and her head hit the concrete sidewalk," according to court records.
Thumma got out of the car without injury, leaving the dog locked inside.