Texas Woman Faces Charges After Dog Attacks 3-Year-Old Girl February 10, 2021
The owner of a dog that attacked a 3-year-old girl at a suburban Houston restaurant in January has been charged with injury to a child and tampering with evidence.
Jennifer Romano, 46, has been charged in the Jan. 9 attack on Ronin Waldroup. Authorities allege that Romano’s dog, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Kingston, bit Ronin in the face during an unprovoked attack as the girl and her family were waiting in line to order at a restaurant in the Houston suburb of Spring.
Ronin received at least 14 stitches after the attack and she is expected to undergo plastic surgery to lessen the disfigurement of her face, according to court records.
HOUSTON (AP) — The owner of a dog that attacked a 3-year-old girl at a suburban Houston restaurant last month has been charged with injury to a child and tampering
The owner of a dog that attacked a 3-year-old girl at a suburban Houston restaurant last month has been charged with injury to a child and tampering with evidence.
SPRING, Texas (KTRK) Jennifer Romano, the owner whose dog attacked a 3-year-old girl earlier this month and left her with severe injuries to her face, has been booked into jail and charged in connection with the incident.
The family of the little girl said despite the new development, life is not the same and playtime for their young daughter is not the same. We have to live with it every single day. We see the night terrors. We see Ronin struggle with just her regular play, said Ronin Waldroup s mother, Cleveratta Waldroup.
The family of a girl attacked by a dog says their daughter is not the same. The dog has since been euthanized, and the owner is jailed.
Authorities release mug shot of owner whose dog mauled young girl in Old Town Spring
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Jennifer Leane Romano, 46, has been charged with tampering/fabricating physical evidence and injury to a child. (HCSO)
SPRING, Texas – The woman who owned a dog that mauled a 3-year-old girl in Old Town Spring has been charged, records show.
Jennifer Leane Romano, 46, has been charged with tampering/fabricating physical evidence and injury to a child.
The girl, Ronin Waldroup, was left with nearly 20 stitches after she was bitten in the face on Jan. 9 when she and her family walked into a restaurant. The family said the owner of the dog, Romano, did not ask if she could help, did not apologize and did not stick around. The Waldroups said Romano and a man who was with her fled the scene and abandoned the dog.