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A variety of news articles in 2022 covering the Pam Rock Act and the mauling death of United States Postal Carrier Pam Rock.​

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September 2, 2022

Memorial honors postal worker who died in dog attack

Sarah Cavacini, Palataka Daily News | Neighbors admired a display Thursday on the side of the road where a postal worker was attacked last month by five dogs before dying a day later ... An orange and blue cross, new flowers and an angel sit on the side of Walker Drive in Interlachen to honor Pam Rock, who died a day after she was attacked by five dogs on that street last month.

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August 26, 2022

Postal worker who died in dog attack loved her church group, gardening & Gators football

Anne Maxwell, New4Jax | Family and loved ones on Thursday said their final goodbyes to Pamela Rock, the mail carrier who died from injuries after she was attacked by dogs while on her route in rural Putnam County. According to data from the United States Postal Service, more than 5,400 postal employees were attacked by dogs in the U.S. in the year 2021...

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August 24, 2022

Five dogs fatally attack mail carrier after her truck breaks down in Florida

CBS News | Five dogs fatally mauled a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service after her truck broke down along a road in north Florida, officials said. Pamela Jane Rock, 61, died at a hospital on Monday night, Putnam County Sheriff's Col. Joseph Wells said at a news conference on Tuesday. Putnam County Sheriff's deputies found the woman on the ground when they...

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August 24, 2022

Florida postal worker dies after being attacked by 5 dogs when her vehicle broke down, officials say

Amanda Watts and Amy Simonson, CNN | A 61-year-old postal carrier died after being attacked by five dogs in rural northern Florida over the weekend, sheriff's officials said. The postal worker, identified as Pamela Jane Rock of Melrose, was in the Interlachen Lake Estates area Sunday after her vehicle broke down, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office...

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August 24, 2022

'She was the sweetest': Postal worker killed by escaped dogs in north Florida

BriShon Mitchell, WTSB | Residents of the Lake Estates in Putnam County, Florida, heard the terrible screams coming from postal worker Pamela Rock as she was attacked by escaped dogs over the weekend. The 61-year-old mail courier's vehicle broke down on Walker Drive when the incident happened, Putnam County Colonel Joseph Wells said during an earlier...

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August 24, 2022

Postal Worker Mauled to Death on the Job After 5 Dogs Escape Owner’s Property and Ignore Warning Shots

Matt Naham, Law & Crime | A 61-year-old postal worker was fatally mauled by five dogs after her delivery vehicle broke down Sunday afternoon in Putnam County, Florida. Authorities said that the dogs escaped from their owner’s property and began mauling Pamela Jane Rock, even ignoring warning shots. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release...

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August 23, 2022

Tragic Details Emerge as Pack of Dogs Kills 61-Year-Old Florida USPS Worker

Kate Fowler, Newsweek | A postal worker in Florida has died after being attacked by neighborhood dogs. Pamela Jane Rock, 61, was attacked by a group of five dogs in Interlachen, east of Gainesville, after her mail delivery truck broke down in Interlachen Lake Estates. Initially reported to be in critical condition, Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced...

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August 23, 2022

A Florida postal carrier is dead after she was mauled by 5 dogs

Dennis Romero, NBC News | A U.S. Postal Service carrier who was attacked by five dogs in Putnam County, Florida, has died, a sheriff's official said. Pamela Jane Rock, 61, died at a hospital Monday night, the day after the vicious attack, which a neighbor tried to stop by firing into the air, sheriff’s Col. Joseph Wells said Tuesday at a news conference. "One neighbor...

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