HOBOKEN AND BEYOND — When your dog tangles you up in its leash, it’s annoying enough. But one Hoboken woman told police on Tuesday that it led to a simple assault from a passing runner.
According to a police report, the woman was walking her dog along the 100 block of Garden Street at 9:30 a.m. on May 4.
The woman said that while walking on the sidewalk, her dog walked around a tree, wrapping the leash around her and the tree.
Just then, a jogger ran into the leash and allegedly started hitting the dog, according to the woman’s account in the police report.
The jogger was wearing black shorts, an orange top, an orange bandanna, and holding an orange water bottle, according to the dog owner.
The dog owner told the jogger to stop hitting the dog, and the jogger allegedly then hit the victim in the head and back with her water bottle, according to the police report.
There were no signs of injury, police said, but the woman would like to press charges for simple assault. Police have not made any arrests.
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