ST. PETERSBURG, FL - - A pit bull gets credit for saving a 15-year-old girl from a suspected would-be molester.
Pinellas deputies say it happened Monday night at a home in unincorporated St. Petersburg.
They say 44 year old Nigel Myers followed the victim into a bedroom and then the living room as she tried to avoid him.
The sheriff says a three year old pit named "Sparta" jumped on Myers to protect the teen.
Deputies say Myers threw Sparta against a dog cage, and then off the balcony. The dog has serious injuries but will survive.
Myers faces charges including lewd conduct, domestic battery, child abuse and animal cruelty.
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