Oakland police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal dog attack near Lake Merritt last month.
The arrest comes after reports of multiple attacks involving large dogs at Oakland parks, including the fatal mauling of Pepper, a 12-year-old canine belonging to California Housing and Homelessness Secretary Tomiquia Moss.
Moss was walking Pepper near Lakeside Park on Oct. 23 when two large dogs attacked her, according to accounts of the incident. Pepper suffered severe injuries and died the next morning after being taken to a veterinary hospital…