Man arrested following New Orleans East fatal dog attack
Mar 28, 2025
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — New Orleans police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal dog attack that occurred on Thursday, March 20.
36-year-old Chad Bridges was booked with negligent homicide in the death of 81-year-old
Barbara Stewart.
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Family members say Stewart was taking out trash at her home in the Little Woods neighborhood of New Orleans when Bridges' dogs escaped from a fenced yard and attacked her. She later died at the hospital.
At last word, Bridges' bond had not been set.
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