BEAUMONT, Texas — A Beaumont neighborhood is getting their mail delivered again after residents say a vicious dog was terrorizing the neighborhood.
People living along Orgain Street in Caldwood previously told 12News one of their neighbors allowed their aggressive dog to roam freely.
Not only did neighbors fear for their safety, but mail-carriers stopped delivering to homes on that street.
Now mail services have resumed after the dog was picked up. The city will hold the dog for five days and wait to see if the owner comes forward. If not, the dog may be put up for adoption.
Neighbors started growing impatient about what they believe was a lack of action from Beaumont Animal Control.
The residents of Orgain Street said this dog had been causing problems in the Caldwood neighborhood since the summer of 2022. Then the United States Postal Service decided to stop delivering to their street.
"The dog has approached myself and my mother on two occasions," Veronica Suri, a resident of Orgain Street, previously said.
Neighbors claimed the dog frequently ran up and down the road without a leash. The dog would even lunge and bark at anyone it came across including mail-carriers, according to Suri.
"Our postal carrier she's been terrified to deliver mail," she previously said.
With no more than two officers on duty at one time, Beaumont Animal Control officials say they had failed to catch the dog despite numerous calls from residents.
"They have to actually see the animal out in order to pick them up," Beaumont City Councilman Chris Durio previously told 12News.
However, doorbell footage was enough evidence for the city to issue at least two summons and a citation to the dog's owners for violating the city's leash ordinance.
But if officers couldn't locate the dog outside the property, removal would have to go through the court, according to Durio.
"They have so long to answer the citation and if they don't, they have to go through the municipal court system. And then they issue the warrant to go pick it up," Durio said.
Residents like Hunter Wallace wanted city officials to get rid of the dog quickly so they no longer would have to travel to pick up their mail.
"It doesn't matter if it's a little letter from your grandma or an Amazon box we have to go all the way to Walden," Wallace said.