San Antonio woman convicted in pit bull attack formally sentenced

Stanyelle Miles-McCloud listens to defense attorney Kenneth Baker at the start of her dangerous dog trial along with co-defendant Alphonso McCloud, her husband. They were convicted in January of a dangerous dog attack that caused serious bodily injury, a third-degree felony. less Stanyelle Miles-McCloud listens to defense attorney Kenneth Baker at the start of her dangerous dog trial along with co-defendant Alphonso McCloud, her husband. They were convicted in January of a dangerous dog ... more Photo: Robin Jerstad /San Antonio Express News File Photo Photo: Robin Jerstad /San Antonio Express News File Photo Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close San Antonio woman convicted in pit bull attack formally sentenced 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

A San Antonio woman convicted with her husband in January of a dangerous dog attack that resulted in an elderly woman losing an arm in 2017 was formally sentenced Monday to 10 years probation.

Stanyelle Miles-McCloud, 31, and her husband, Alphonso McCloud, 29, both decorated Army veterans, were tried and convicted in January of a dangerous dog attack that caused serious bodily injury, a third-degree felony.

On Monday, Judge Joey Contreras, who presided over the case in the 187th state District Court, ordered as part of Miles-McCloud's sentence that she spend 90 days in the Bexar County jail — which he said would be served on the weekends.

“You're never to own a four-legged animal again,” Contreras told Miles-McCloud.

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Doris Mixon Smith was gardening at her home in the 8900 block of Mansfield on the far West Side on March 6, 2017, when she said the pit bull, Bully, got out of the McCloud’s yard next door and charged at Smith. At the trial, she testified that the dog, believed to have weighed about 70 pounds, latched onto her left arm and never let go. The woman's arm was ripped off just under the elbow. Smith, who was 72 at the time, also suffered massive injuries to the right side of her face, which was torn from her eyebrow to her chin.

Smith testified that it wasn't until she woke up days later that she realized she had lost her left arm.

Jurors and spectators viewed a horrific doorbell video that captured the dog attack, which also could be heard in two chilling 911 calls that were played during the trial.

The jury handed McCloud a four-year-prison term and 10 years probation for his wife, after their attorneys argued that if they both went to prison, no one could care for the couple's children.

When she asked about her cat, the judge said the order was limited to canines.

The order for no more dogs is in effect as long as Miles-McCloud is in the control of the court, meaning she won't be able to own another dog for at least the next 10 years.

Pet ownership became an issue at the trial because as the jury was to begin deliberations in the punishment phase, investigators with the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office told the court that they found that the couple continued to own pit bull terriers and showed photographs of the dogs that were taken that day. That was said to have violated a previous order by Judge Steven C. Hilbig, who presided over the case before he retired.

Contreras was so angered by the revelation that he remanded them back into custody and increased their bail to $225,000 each before the jury handed down the sentences. Miles-McCloud spent three days in jail before Contreras lowered the amount so she could post bond.

A call to Smith for comment was not returned late Monday.