(CSi)  A Jamestown woman faces charges in conjunction with a series of dog attacks in town.

22 year old Mariah Bermel, is charged with keeping a dangerous dog and not vaccinating it for rabies.

Court documents show that she’s  also charged for conspiracy to commit aggravated assault. It’s the fifth time her pit bull has bitten a person since September 2018.

Bermel says pit bull was a service dog, and  wanted to shoot the dog so it would stop biting people.

As reported over the weekend,  Jamestown Police  issued an alert late Friday, after the dog bit a person near the Buffalo Motel, resulting in serious injuries.

Police Chief Scott Edinger said the dog had bitten at least three people in the 10 days leading up to its capture.

Previously…

Jamestown (JPD) –    Jamestown Police Lt. Nick Hardy says  the dangerous pit bull, ” Blaze,”  was captured after biting a fifth person in Jamestown late Friday evening.

An individual was able to detain the dog in a garage and turn it over to officers and animal control.

About the same, time during an unrelated call for service, the owner of the dog was summoned to court for numerous animal violations,  and for conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.

No further information will be released by police, until formal charges are filed.

On Friday,  the Jamestown Police Department asked for the public’s help in locating “a dangerous red/brown 70-90 pound Pitbull with a white chest and feet.”   At that time, the dog was last seen in the area of the Buffalo Motel in Jamestown around 2:00pm. Friday.

The police department had information that this animal had bitten at least three people in the last ten days, and four since September of 2018.

At last report, the most serious bite occurred Friday January 25 at approximately 2:00pm at the Buffalo Motel.  That victim was treated for serious injuries at the Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

On Friday police had asked anyone with information on the whereabouts of this animal or sees this animal on the loose, to contact police, and not to  approach or attempt to apprehend the animal.