Pensacola woman gets 2.5 years in prison after her dogs attacked and killed man in street

The Pensacola woman charged with manslaughter in May after he dogs mauled a man to death pleaded no contest to the charge on Tuesday and received two-and-a-half years in prison.

Circuit Judge Coleman Robinson sentenced 36-year-old Kathleen Taylor to over 30 months in Florida's Department of Corrections Oct. 18 after she pleaded no contest to second-degree felony manslaughter admitting her dogs killed 63-year-old Nathaniel Posey in February.

The Office of the State Attorney's charging document says that Taylor failed "to properly secure her dogs that she knew to have a propensity for violence" on Feb. 24, 2023, the day Posey died from the attack.

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After serving her prison sentence, Taylor will serve an additional two years on probation and cannot own any household pets, per the plea offer.

On April 17, Taylor was also found to be in possession of methamphetamine. She was also sentenced to over 30 months in prison for the drug charge, but it will run concurrent to the first sentence, not lengthening her incarceration time.

What happened on Feb. 24, 2023?

During a May press conference where Escambia Sheriff Chip Simmons announced Taylor's arrest, the county's animal welfare department Director John Robinson said Taylor failed to secure her dogs' kennels and other enclosures meant to keep the animals on the property.

When the three dogs escaped the Norris Avenue home, they attacked and bit Posey to death in the street. Simmons said he was pronounced dead on scene due to multiple head and torso injuries.

Robinson also said that animal control received numerous calls for service for her animals chasing people and wandering through the street.

"We have a lot of roaming calls, we call them nuisance calls, where the animals may have been chasing people and things like that," Robinson said in May. "She doesn't have the proper housing and obviously doesn't have the proper care for them."

One of Taylor's dogs was euthanized after she surrendered ownership after the incident. The News Journal reached out to Escambia County to see if the other two dogs have been euthanized, but have not yet received an answer.

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