Man unleashes pit bull on bride at wedding reception and also beats the bride with brass knuckles

[Cali_Democrat]

DENVER -- Denver police are searching for a man accused of unleashing a pit bull mix on a bride at her wedding reception and then beating her with brass knuckles.

"The whole time he just stood there and laughed," the 22-year-old bride, Brittany Cortez, said of her alleged attacker, Joel Nevarez, a troubled childhood friend.

"He let that dog drag me around the street like a rag doll," the bride said. "He punched me in the face and the back of the head with brass knuckles."

Friends and Nevarez's family members said they live in terror of the 31-year-old man, who they said has become increasingly unstable and aggressive.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31362733/detail.html

[Scootaloo]

1. Denver? I came here expecting Jersey Shore

Wow, that's fucked-up beyond words.

[lpbk2713]

2. She knew him since childhood and married him anyway?

Sorry for her pain but she didn't seem to put a lot of thought into who she wanted to marry.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. It wasn't the groom who unleashed the dog

It was somebody else.

[lpbk2713]

10. OK, thanks.

That part eluded me obviously.

[Cali_Democrat]

14. No problem

[sharp_stick]

20. I almost read it the same way

Man am I glad I read your post and looked at it again.

I mean holy cow, could you imagine how dumb I would have looked if I had of..... Oops sorry.

Just kidding you of course I did almost read it the same way.

[OriginalGeek]

5. i thought he was a childhood friend

but not the groom

[sammytko]

6. He was a "guest", not the husband

[denverbill]

7. She didn't marry him. Just invited him to the wedding to be nice.

[Posteritatis]

25. Not even that - she was afraid of how he'd react if she *didn't* invite him. (nt)

[LeftishBrit]

11. This wasn't the bridegroom, but a wedding guest.

[oldhippie]

13. She wasn't marrying him ....

Did you read the article? The attacker was a guest at the wedding.

Why didn't someone alert the authorities about this unstable person? What if he had bought a gun?

[uponit7771]

3. NRA Thinks it's ok to give this guy a gun....oops....sry, can't talk about that

[OriginalGeek]

9. You certainly shouldn't be allowed to make shit up

and claim it as fact.

[MotherPetrie]

15. Tell that to the NRA

[OriginalGeek]

17. lol

no need to. If you wanna gripe at the NRA, go ahead - there are plenty of things to gripe about - especially with their political arm. But don't just make dumb shit up to complain about.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

22. The bride and groom should definitely get a gun

[greytdemocrat]

8. A .357 has its uses... n/t

[get the red out]

12. Crazy!

How did this out of control guy even make the dog do that? And his family has been living in fear of him, just horrible. It shows how badly we need an upgrade in our mental health system.

[HooptieWagon]

16. Obviously, banning guns would have prevented this.

[OriginalGeek]

21. If I'm gonna comment on Uponnit

then I gotta be fair - nowhere in the OP was it suggested that guns would have helped or hurt. This wasn't about guns at all.

It was about a mental patient and convicted criminal who lost it and beat a girl with brass knuckles and sicced his dog on her.

the only mention of guns at all in the article was a note that the perpetrator's own sister sleeps with a gun near her bed because she is afraid of him.

[HooptieWagon]

33. So even with a sarcasm tag it went over your head?

[OriginalGeek]

34. I guess so

I took your post to mean that banning guns would not have helped out in this situation.

But banning guns was never even suggested by OP in this thread.

I took issue with uponit for inventing an imaginary NRA stance on giving weapons to a mentally unstable criminal and I took issue with you for inventing a gun ban that was not there.

Tell me where I mistook you please.

[HooptieWagon]

35. It was a poke at the DU gun-banners.

Who seem to hold the unrealistic view that banning guns (as if it were possible) would prevent crazy nuts from committing violent acts (it won't, since they'll use whatever other weapons they can obtain). The far better, and more practical, solution is to get crazy nuts the mental health care they need, and to keep criminals who use guns locked up where they can neither obtain a gun or commit a crime. Although violent gun crime is dropping, this will drop it further.
In the OP, getting the guy mental help would have prevented the crime. Banning guns would not have.

[OriginalGeek]

36. Yeah, OK so it didn't go over my head

It was exactly what I thought it was. I simply disagree that this thread was the place to make that point.

And I think it is a valid point but this thread had nothing to do with guns so there was no real need to bring guns into it.

[reflection]

18. Who among us

hasn't at one point unleashed a pit bull upon someone at a wedding and then pummeled them with brass knuckles?

[yoyossarian]

26. Haha!

You FUNNY!

[Motown_Johnny]

31. but not the bride

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. omg

[Fumesucker]

23. Hmm.. Sounds like a reception I was at about three years ago..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6098750&mesg_id=6098750

[dembotoz]

24. i am just so happy it wasn't a professional athlete--

thought for a moment
oh please not another packer in trouble

[AnotherMcIntosh]

27. Here's what this animal owner and now-fugitive looks like.

"Friends think he may have headed to Mexico to hide with family members."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57495622-504083/colo-man-on-the-run-after-allegedly-launching-pit-bull-attack-on-newlywed-couple-police-say/

[magical thyme]

28. I feel so sorry for that poor dog

Sorry for the people, of course. But that poor dog will now probably be killed thanks to having been owned by a mentally ill nutcase.

[TwilightGardener]

29. How exactly did this man not get the ass-kicking of his life

from the groom, the father of the bride, etc.?

[mythology]

37. I assume that they were too busy trying to help her

Getting an attacking dog off of somebody is difficult and then she no doubt needed medical attention.

Getting the assailant should come after making sure the victim is okay.

[Motown_Johnny]

30. He is 9 years older than her, how are they childhood friends?

I have a brother who is 9 years older than I. When I was 9 he moved away to college.

Sure, when I was 5 he was 14 but that isn't quite friendship material. He was my babysitter.


If this guy was 20 years old and hanging around with an 11 year old girl he should have been arrested then.

[HangOnKids]

32. Bam!

My first thought, then I wondered why they fucking invited him. Also where was her new husband, how is it this idiot didn't get his ass kicked? There is more to this story and IMHO I think the dude was their drug dealer.

[cherokeeprogressive]

38. Pitbulls are wonderful dogs!

Why is the pitbull angle important to this story?

[Greywing]

40. Pitbulls are banned in Denver

[flvegan]

43. So is same-sex marriage.

What conclusion to draw to that. Hmmmm.

See what I did there. Enjoy.

[Marrah_G]

39. Very scary situation

[PD Turk]

41. Well

That's what can happen when you have a reception at Olive Garden and allow breast feeding during the event





(I'm a new poster but long time reader here)

[Skip Intro]

42. Senseless violent crime seems to be everywhere anymore.

People ready to go off and try to kill others for the slightest of reasons. And it seems to be daily news. Hell, it's almost daily local news.

And it seems to be spreading.

WTF is going on?

What should they do with the guy when they find him?

What would be fair punishment?