Jefferson County’s district legal professional on Monday filed prices towards two pit bull house owners after their canines killed an 89-year-old girl and significantly injured a 12-year-old boy final month.
Kayla Mooney, 33, faces 4 counts of illegal possession of a harmful canine, whereas Victor Bentley, 29, was charged with two counts of the identical offense, the district legal professional’s workplace stated Monday in a information launch.
Mary Gehring, 89, and her grandson had been allegedly attacked by the 2 canines Sept. 14 within the 15000 block of West 1st Avenue in Golden. Gehring was taken to the hospital, the place she later died, whereas her grandson was flown to Kids’s Hospital.
Each canines had been euthanized after the incident.
Mooney and Bentley are set to look in courtroom Nov. 22 for an advisement of prices.