A 16-year-old Burien girl, who pled guilty to using a pit bull to attack two women, will spend a year in juvenile detention.

The sentence came down Thursday morning in King County Juvenile Court.

Both women attacked by the dog testified at the sentencing hearing, as did the teen's mother.

The mother testified she had been unsuccessful in getting mental health help for her daughter. The teen's father has not lived with his daughter since she was very young. He now lives in Portland.

A probation officer and the prosecutor said the girl would have no chance of getting treatment if she stayed in the home and the judge agreed.

The Burien girl cried as she listened to her victims speak. Later, she apologized to both of them.

The attacks occurred back in June when a woman spotted four youths kicking a pit bull in the 13300 block of Des Moines Memorial Drive South.

The woman stopped to help but was attacked by the 16-year-old girl and the dog.

A second woman was also attacked and bit on the elbow by the dog.

"Snaps," the pit bull involved in the attack has been sent to an animal sanctuary on the Olympic Peninsula.