Woman Claims Secret Service Dog Bit Her During Pence’s Michigan Visit

A heavily armed member of the Secret Service patrols with a K-9 on the North Lawn of the White House during a security lockdown April 26, 2016 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit ... A heavily armed member of the Secret Service patrols with a K-9 on the North Lawn of the White House during a security lockdown April 26, 2016 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A 33-year-old woman says she was bitten on the leg by a U.S. Secret Service dog during Vice President Mike Pence’s visit last week to western Michigan.

Melissa Ramirez says she was outside the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids on Wednesday when she was bitten.

Ramirez tells WXMI-TV she was walking to a bus stop and that the bite “lasted maybe a second but it was long enough” for the dog to get its teeth into her “pretty well.”

She says the agent handling the dog was “very apologetic.” She received one stitch to close the wound.

Pence was in Grand Rapids for a Republican rally after Michigan’s primary on Tuesday.

The Secret Service told The Associated Press Monday that it is investigating the incident.

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  1. Is she sure it wasn’t Mother Pence?

  2. Those peanut butter flavored yoga pants were on sale for a reason.

  3. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    Seems really, really odd. Professional dogs with professional handlers just don’t do that accidentally.

  4. Has the dog been put on desk duty until the inquiry has been resolved?

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