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Mum who lost arms and vocal cords in savage pit bull attack caught selling drugs

A mum-of-three who lost both her arms after a savage pit bull attack has been arrested by police after being caught selling meth.

Kyleen Waltman, 39, from South Carolina, US, was stopped at traffic lights in Abbeville County after officers discovered 8.3 grams of methamphetamine in her purse.

The mum soon confessed to officers she had a further 7.2 grams of drugs in her pocket and was placed immediately under arrest.

Her passenger, Jeffrey Wayne Bond, also admitted to having meth in his pocket as he was arrested by police and taken to Abbeville County Detention Center.

Back in March this year, Ms Waltman was the subject of a horrific dog attack after three bit pulls violently attacked her on a pavement in Columbia, South Carolina.

The incident led to both her arms being amputated and the loss of her vocal cords.

She was told by medics she wouldn't be able to receive prosthetic limbs as the attack left her so badly injured, her sister Amy Wynne revealed.

Ms Waltman remained in hospital for more than a month and underwent over a dozen surgeries for her injuries but was released in April following her treatment.

Her sister launched a GoFundMe campaign to help fund some of her medical expenses and has so far raised a staggering $309,000 (£267,000) after her campaign went viral.

In her latest post, her sister revealed on October 4 Ms Waltman and her mum were doing everything they could to try and help cover the surgeries.

The waitress was walking along a pavement when three dogs mauled her (Kyleen Waltman/Facebook)

Amy wrote: "She is doing well but there is one problem we finally got her on medicaid and she had surgery on the 22nd of September now her insurance is not going to help pay for her surgery or her arms."

According to her mum, Kyleen is said to be "depressed" after needing family members to help pay towards her treatment.

Her sister told the New York Post her mum had sent her a text message which showed how upset she was having to rely on her.

Owner of the three dogs Justin Minor was charged with three counts (Abbeville Co. Sheriff's Office)

The message said: “She is really depressed about [how] I have helped her out for over six months …

“I am wore [sic] out. She cry’s [sic] alot and we don’t know what to do anymore,”

Pitbull owner, Justin Minor, 36, was charged with charged with three counts of owning dangerous animals attacking a human, a rabies violation and allowing dangerous animals off his property unrestrained.

All three dogs were put down following the incident and his eight other dogs were seized by police and sent to rescue homes.

Ms Waltman was working as a waitress in Honea Path before she was attacked and has three children including a 21-year-old son and 18- and 17-year-old daughters.

She also became a new grandmother after her new granddaughter was born earlier this year.

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