Rogers County officials are weighing what action, if any, to take against the owner of two dogs after they seriously injured a 27-year-old grocery delivery driver Sunday in a Claremore-area neighborhood. The woman was flown to a Tulsa hospital with injuries to her face, neck and hands; deputies said they had been called to the same address about the dogs at least twice before.
Neighbors heard the woman calling for help and came to assist, according to News On 6. The dogs ran away, allowing people to reach her before she was taken by air to a Tulsa hospital. As of Tuesday, she had undergone several surgeries in the three days since the attack.
Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton said the woman had cuts and bite marks on her face, neck and hands, and described her as fortunate to have survived. He said the injuries to her neck and hands were severe.
Prior Calls and Possible Next Steps
Neighbors told deputies the dogs had repeatedly caused problems in the neighborhood and were aggressive, according to the report. Walton said deputies had been called to the same house about the dogs at least twice before. The dogs' owner told deputies he knew an incident like this would eventually happen, the report says.
Claremore Animal Control has taken both dogs into custody, according to the station's report. The district attorney's office will decide whether any charges can be filed against the owner. Claremore's municipal code lists harboring, keeping or possessing a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog within city limits as an offense, and separately requires an owner or property occupant to prevent a dog from running at large, according to the Claremore Municipal Code. The code site cautions that its posted version may not reflect the city's most current legislation.
Not the First Delivery Driver Bitten in the Region
This is not the only recent case of a delivery worker hurt by dogs in the Tulsa area. A separate News On 6 report described Tulsa DoorDash driver Cymonne Williamson being attacked by two dogs during a delivery in July, with one biting her on the back of her left leg as she tried to get back to her vehicle; she needed 11 stitches and said she was still recovering from the attack, per the same account. A Tulsa Animal Control operations manager said in that report that he could not confirm an overall increase in dog bites involving delivery drivers in Tulsa, even as the article noted that as home deliveries have increased nationally, so have encounters between drivers and pets.
A more severe case unfolded earlier this year in Rembert, South Carolina, where investigators said three dogs were involved in an April 14 attack on a delivery driver at a home on Claremont Road, according to WYFF. That driver was critically injured, and by April 27 all three dogs had been permanently seized and placed in quarantine.
What National Data Can—and Can't—Show
The U.S. Postal Service reported more than 6,000 dog attacks on its employees in 2024, up from about 5,800 in 2023, according to the USPS. Those figures document attacks on postal employees; they do not establish how often grocery or app-based delivery drivers are attacked.
The case remains unresolved: Claremore Animal Control has taken the dogs into custody, and the Rogers County district attorney's office is weighing whether to file charges against their owner.
