A Yale University psychiatrist who was arrested on drug charges after his two dogs attacked a woman in New Haven is due in court on July 15 after the case was continued.
Police filed the charge against Hamilton Hicks, 36, of New Haven, after responding to his home on Ella Grasso Boulevard on June 20 to investigate a dog attack.
The victim, Jocelyn Winfrey, 53, of New Haven, was rushed to Yale-New Haven Hospital and died a week later from injuries, officials said.
Hicks, who owns the dogs, was trembling and covered in dirt and blood when officers arrived. He said the dogs attacked Winfrey in the fenced in area the dogs were kept in.
Hicks said he'd been able to get one of the dogs inside his home and the other dog was contained to the yard, but not secured, according to police.
Police found three bags of crack cocaine on him and charged him with possession of a controlled substance, police said.
Hicks was due in court on July 1, but his attorney asked the court to continue the case for two weeks.
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Hicks, who sustained dog bites, was also brought to the hospital and was issued a promise to appear on that charge because of his injuries.
Hicks lawfully owned the dogs and they were on his property, so he won't be charged in connection with the attack, police said.
The two dogs were quarantined and are scheduled to be euthanized, according to police.
A spokesman for the mayor's office initially said the dogs were pit bulls, but New Haven's animal control officer said the dogs were American bulldog mixes.
