Overview

• Autumn Billings, 20, was taken into custody around 3 a.m. Wednesday and charged with attack by dog causing serious bodily injury, a felony.
• Her boyfriend, 51-year-old Rhimmain Little, was arrested on a charge of hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon.
• The victim, Christina Pate, underwent surgery for a broken arm and multiple bite wounds, spent five days in the hospital, and is now recovering at home.
• Responding officers previously interacted with Billings at the dog park but did not realize she and her dog were involved, allowing her to leave before she was identified.
• The pit bull was located earlier and is secured at the Lake Worth Animal Shelter after Little voluntarily surrendered the dog, according to police.