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A woman's dogs that were removed from her by a court order have now attacked a 6-year-old boy. The Mobile County District Attorney's Office seized the dogs last year after they bit other people, but the woman got them back. Now, Liam Martinez, the little boy who was attacked, can't walk and has to have another surgery. He was attacked while playing in his backyard in Wiggins, MS on April 18th."He has a muscle that cannot be repaired. He has nerve damage. There was a lot of reconstruction that had to be done in the initial surgery," said his mother Devyn Phillips.The owner of the pitbull/black mouth cur mix dogs that attacked Liam is their neighbor Tamatha Melom. This week, a judge in Stone County, MS found her guilty of not getting her dogs vaccinated for rabies and for violating the dangerous dog ordinance. Melom has to pay $2,900 in fines and the dogs will be euthanized in 30 days. According to testimony in court, the dogs are the same ones a Mobile County Judge ordered to be removed from Melom last year after numerous complaints about other bite incidents and roaming."It was confirmed by microchip that it was the same dogs," said Phillips.According to the Februrary 8th, 2023 court order issued by Judge Ben Brooks, the dogs could be released to the Mylo Foundation. The rescue group says it never had possession of the dogs and immediately transferred them to another rescue group in Mississippi, but Melom moved there and according to court testimony, had friends adopt the dogs for her."She admitted in court that she did it illegally," said Phillips."She showed no remorse. She didn't care. She was like, 'Just don't kill my dogs,'" said Aries Fairley, Liam's stepfather.Liam had to be flown by helicopter to USA Children's and Women's hospital for treatment and is spending a lot of time with doctors there instead of attending kindergarten."He can't finish out his kindergarten year and that's taken a toll on him. He is terrified of dogs. He's terrified of our backyard and keeps asking questions. 'Is this lady going to get more dogs? Will they come on our property?' Things a six-year-old should not be asking," said Phillips.Phillips says eventually Liam will be able to walk after more surgery and physical therapy.A GoFundMe account has been set up to help with the family’s medical expenses

A woman's dogs that were removed from her by a court order have now attacked a 6-year-old boy. The Mobile County District Attorney's Office seized the dogs last year after they bit other people, but the woman got them back. Now, Liam Martinez, the little boy who was attacked, can't walk and has to have another surgery. He was attacked while playing in his backyard in Wiggins, MS on April 18th."He has a muscle that cannot be repaired. He has nerve damage. There was a lot of reconstruction that had to be done in the initial surgery," said his mother Devyn Phillips.The owner of the...

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