A notorious NYC man whose pit bulls attacked Penny the chihuahua was spotted with a new pup weeks before he again ran afoul of the law.
Joseph Columbus, who was jailed in December for repeatedly refusing to tell a New York City judge where his pit bulls Rambo and Zoey were after they mauled three dogs on the Upper West Side, was recently spotted with a brown puppy on a leash on Columbus Avenue, video obtained by The Post showed.
“Why you taking a picture of me?” Columbus asks in the clip taken March 30 and obtained by The Post.
“You’re Joe Columbus,” a woman can be heard telling Columbus, who walks away.
While Penny survived her May 2025 attack, one other dog was killed by Rambo and Zoey in a separate incident, authorities said, prompting the owners of the victimized pups to sue Columbus in Manhattan Supreme Court.
He was ordered to turn Rambo and Zoey over for possible euthanasia, but never did.
This week, Columbus landed behind bars again, after he was hit with a felony reckless endangerment charge in connection with a May 2 incident in which he allegedly refused several times to pull over for cops on the Saw Mill River Parkway, Hastings-on-Hudson police said.
Columbus, 41, eventually crashed the car — then refused to leave the vehicle when officers approached, police alleged.
Video of the incident showed an officer wrestling with Columbus on the roadway, News 12 Westchester reported.Three kids ages 6, 10 and 15 were in the car at the time.
He was charged with multiple misdemeanors, including reckless endangerment, fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle, reckless driving and endangering the welfare of a child.
The incident earlier this month wasn’t the first time Columbus was accused of leading police on a chase.
He allegedly nearly mowed down pedestrians in Manhattan in June as he tried to escape sheriff’s deputies, who were trying to bring him in for failing to turn over Rambo and Zoey.
The latest drama comes as Penny’s owner Lauren Claus, along with NYC dog walker Karen Kramer, launched Penny’s Fund earlier this month in collaboration with the Animal Medical Center on the Upper East Side to financially help owners whose pets are attacked.
