Robeson County Sheriff’s Office deputies and animal control officers seized dogs from a home after an investigation in to a reported attack.
Deputies with the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation and Juvenile Divisions and Robeson County Animal Control officers seized three dogs from a home in the 2200 block of Olivet Church Rd, according to a press release from the RCSO. The seizures were the result of an ongoing investigation into a reported attack involving a woman and two children.
Esta Currier and the two children were reportedly attacked by four Rottweilers on December 10, 2018, said the release. Currier died as a result of the attack and the two children reportedly sustained serious injuries and required surgeries.
The RCSO said the investigation revealed “that the owners of the dogs were still in possession of other dogs that had cautions on their records and their rabies shots were not up to date.”
Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins previously told News13 that the dogs were shot by deputies during the incident.
In a press release in December, the RCSO said Currier was 73 years old and the children, ages 9 and 7, are her grandchildren.
“When the two responding deputies arrived they observed four Rottweiler dogs in the roadway. As the deputies exited their vehicles, they were approached by the dogs in an aggressive manner,” said the December release. “The officers discharged their weapons to stop the threat of injuries. The dogs died and were taken into custody of the Robeson County Animal Control.”
The owner of the dogs was identified in the December release as 56-year-old Brenda Walters. She was reportedly treated and released from Southeastern Medical Center.
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