Marco Antonio Mendoza Landaverde, 38, was sentenced Monday in Ramsey County District Court after pleading guilty to two misdemeanors: failure to restrain the dogs from inflicting injury and failing to have the dogs vaccinated for rabies in connection with the incident on Feb. 8, 2024, in the 600 block of Van Buren Avenue.
Judge Maria Mitchell set aside a 90-day jail sentence in favor of one year of unsupervised probation. Sentencing terms include that Landaverde cannot own or care for a dog during his probation. He was also assessed $146 in fines and fees.
Landaverde surrendered the dogs to city Animal Control the day after the attack, and “they were humanely euthanized,” the criminal complaint said.
A posting on the day of the attack on the Nextdoor social media app warned parents in the Frogtown neighborhood to keep their kids inside “and keep an eye out for these dogs,” which were said to be pit bulls.
An online fundraiser organized by the girl’s brother soon after the attack identified her as Sumaya Farah Ali. According to a note written by her brother, the family arrived in the United States four months earlier to find medical care for a family member’s congenital heart defect.
“Sumaya was injured and had pieces of nose, ear and thigh bitten off. The doctors were able to stitch together the best they could,” the brother wrote.
According to the charges:
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