Jessica Chrustic was attacked twice in Prospect Park: once walking her golden retriever Moose, and once trying to bring her dog's alleged killer to justice.
many times. He often muttered to himself while carrying a garbage bag and a long, thick walking stick. Chrustic tried to get her dog as far away as possible, but she said the man took out a Gatorade bottle and started spraying liquid on her. She later realized it was urine.
"When I turned around, Moose was then trying to protect me," she said."I just wanted to protect my dog, and my dog was trying to protect me."Early-morning bicyclists and walkers had stopped to help, and the suspect took off. Chrustic remembers talking to the police, then rushing Moose to the veterinarian for emergency dental surgery.
So when an elderly woman who had witnessed the first attack called on Oct. 21 and said she had eyes on the suspect, Chrustic flew out of bed and ran to Prospect Park, phoning both 911 and a sergeant assigned to her case on the way. When she got to the park, she spotted a police car and frantically tried to get them to roll down the window.
Jessica Chrustic and her dog Moose walked three times a day in Prospect Park near their home in Brooklyn, New York.