Dog mauls 3-year-old at restaurant

[Anjdog2003]

A pet owner was charged after her dog attacked a 3-year-old inside a Texas restaurant, authorities say.

Three-year-old Ronin Waldroup was waiting in line to order food with her parents at the Loose Caboose Restaurant in Spring when the pit bull mauled her on Jan. 9, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Witnesses recalled seeing the dog bite the girl’s face and shake her before being pulled away during the unprovoked attack, authorities say.

Then the dog’s owner left the restaurant and drove away with a man, despite the girl’s father and other customers telling the woman to wait for police, authorities say. But the father later provided the license plate information to investigators.

“You cannot leave. My daughter is bleeding in a restroom and you’re running down the road,’” James Waldroup, the girl’s father, recalled telling the dog owner, according to KTRK.

Ronin was taken to a local hospital by ambulance and received 14 stitches to her face. Ronin’s mother told authorities that plastic surgery will be required to repair disfigurement in the child’s face.

An anonymous tipster identified the dog’s owner as 46-year-old Jennifer Romano two days after the attack, and police tracked the license plate information to a man who admitted to leaving the restaurant with her, authorities say.

During the investigation, authorities learned Romano’s dog named Kingston had bitten two people within the past year, according to court documents. The dog was ordered to be euthanized last month.

Romano was charged Monday with felony injury to a child and tampering with physical evidence.

[Anjdog2003]

[Jennifer Romano]The Pit Bull was turning his life around[/Jennifer Romano]

[04 commemorative]

Crazy shit ....

[ZipZap]

"Unprovoked"

Betting the little girl gave the Pittie the stink eye.

[Torqaholic]

Can't enter a restaurant without shirt or shoes but they'll let people bring a dog in? What the what stupidity is that?

[BOTY]

[BayouCountry]

I knew it was a Pit Bull before I read the story.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

[Jennifer Romano]The Pit Bull was turning his life around[/Jennifer Romano]

He was also about to start obedience school in the Fall......

[MEANZ06]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

He was also about to start obedience school in the Fall......

[Rodnok1]

Originally Posted by Torqaholic

Can't enter a restaurant without shirt or shoes but they'll let people bring a dog in? What the what stupidity is that?

We were in a Lowes last year and some lady (and he meth desler) had a huge dog and he was acting skittish and aggressive. My wtf radar went off and I steered the kid way away from them while I told them to get the dog out of the store before it bit somebody They were trailer trash.
That dog was bad news and not sure if he was scared or just mean.

[RMVette]

Sad for the parents of the 3 year old.

[snide]

Poor kid.

[Chuck A]

very sad, indeed

[mrvette]

Been ME, even at my age, pocket knife, slash throat and rip stomach open.....DEAD MUT......eff em....

[Anjdog2003]

Shoot the owner shoot the dog.

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

Originally Posted by mrvette

Been ME, even at my age, pocket knife, slash throat and rip stomach open.....DEAD MUT......eff em....

You forgot something Gene.





Know what it is?





No?

[DAB]

some years ago i was attacked by a dog on my property. he was off leash, crossed the fence line.

took a chunk out of my pants.

called animal control, pointed them to the dog's owner's home.

they talked at some point, and a few weeks later, a fence went up to keep that dog on that property.

animal control noticed my pistol, and said that if i had to defend myself (shoot the dog), to call them and they'll come out to pick up the body. law says I may use reasonable force to defend myself against a vicious dog.

before the fence went up, i saw that dog again, shot in his direction, he took off, and a few days later, he saw me again, and turned around and went home. learned his lesson pretty fast.

[Little Red L98.]

Originally Posted by Torqaholic

Can't enter a restaurant without shirt or shoes but they'll let people bring a dog in? What the what stupidity is that?

Texas. These are not first time offenders. I wonder if the state’s stupidity extends to declining to prosecute to the full extent of the law.




Poor kid.

[BADRACR1]

Another reason to carry.

[tjfontaine]

Originally Posted by BayouCountry

I knew it was a Pit Bull before I read the story.

Almost like betting a certain type of person was at the root of a violent crime. You know - a BAD person - not a given race or anything.