The owner of two pit bulls that attacked and killed a woman’s dog while she was walking it in Barnegat over the weekend was arrested Wednesday, police said.

The dogs were owned by Angela Greco, 60, of Barnegat, who turned the dogs over to Popcorn Park Zoo animal control officers around 2:30 p.m., the Barnegat Police Department announced on Facebook. They will be quarantined for 10 days as required by the Ocean County Health Department.

The attack happened at 2:13 p.m. on Sunday near 169 Redwood Drive when the two pit bulls emerged from between two mobile homes and ran at the woman’s leashed dog, authorities said.

Two people rushed to the woman’s aid and were able to separate the dogs and get them to run away after hitting them with a pipe, but her dog died on the way emergency vet, officials said.

On Tuesday, police said they interviewed Greco and she gave “false information” to Barnegat Police Patrolman Brett Taylor when he confronted her about the dogs.

However, on Wednesday Greco surrendered the dogs to the animal control officers at the zoo and was arrested.

She was charged with obstructing the administration of law, tampering with or fabricating evidence and was cited for violating two township ordinances for leash requirements, according to the release.

Barnegat’s Humane Law Enforcement Officer was still investigating the incident on Wednesday evening and police said Greco could be facing additional charges based on his findings.

Chris Sheldon may be reached at csheldon@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @chrisrsheldon Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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