Police have charged the owner of an pit bull with having a dangerous animal at large. A man walking his friend’s dog on June 24 reported a pit bull lunged at him as he was walking on the 1400 block of Summit Alley. According to police reports a large brown pitbull living in the 1400 block Elmwood jumped a fence and came at him. The man had to use an umbrella to fight him off, he ran home to call police. Police are investigating the incident and looking into the history of this dog. -Contributed by Laura Berger.