Grr-abbed him

Pit bull owner arrested in subway chomp

COPS HAVE arrested a man whose pit bull chomped on a straphanger’s foot in a scary attack caught on cell phone video and posted on social media.

Ruben Roncallo, 53, of Brooklyn, was charged Thursday afternoon with reckless endangerment and assault for bringing the pooch on the subway.

Cops said Roncallo got into an argument with a woman and punched her in the shoulder before his terrier attacked her.

“She was the one who kicked the dog. That’s why I did it,” he told the cops, the prosecutor said at his arraingment Thursday night. “She punched me first.”

In the video, the canine attacks a woman on the 4 train, (right) biting her arm and ankle and then her shoe, and holds on while other straphangers pleaded with the owner and tried to get the pit bull to let go.

“She attacked him first!” the dog’s owner yells as he tries to PORT AUTHORITY cops made a dash at Pepper on Thursday — but the wily cat who has been hiding in JFK Airport is still beyond their reach. The fleet-footed feline has led Port Authority cops on a merry chase over the past week — as Port Authority cops tried to catch her. Pepper was with her owner at JFK on April 20 and about to embark on a trip to China when she escaped. The cat jumped out of her carrier and took off . “Pepper the Cat, lost on 4/20/18 in hold back the brown pooch on a leash.

“Just get the dog off of her!” another straphanger yells.

After a few seconds, the dog is Terminal 4, JFK, has been sighted,” the Port Authority police union tweeted just before 2:15 p.m. Thursday.

“#PAPD is now attempting to rescue Pepper. Humane traps have been set up in hopes the PAPD can reunite Pepper with its owner.”

The police got a picture of a scared-looking Pepper, huddled in a dark corner.

As of Thursday night, she had yet to step into one of the traps the cops are placing in an effort to reunite her with her owner, a Port Authority spokesman said. finally yanked off the woman. But straphangers continue to yell at the dog’s handler for letting it get out of control.

The MTA said Wednesday that non-service animals are supposed to be transported in containers. The agency called Roncallo’s act in bringing the dog onto the train a “clear violation of its rules.”

But police said that Roncallo’s dog is indeed a service dog.

CBS reported that the viral video was taken by Tahysi King, who told the station that the scrap started when Roncallo put the dog on a seat. The victim objected and pushed the dog.

Roncallo allegedly lost his temper and began throwing punches. After his arraignment, the judge ordered him released without bail, but not before letting detectives from the 44th Precinct talk to him about an unknown incident in the South Bronx.