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07-08-2010, 06:31 PM
20 Pit Bulls Seized; Frayser Woman Jailed
Pit bulls found sick and neglected in chicken coop and hot garage
Stephanie Scurlock
1:22 PM CDT, July 4, 2010
FAST FACTS:
* 20 pit bulls seized from Frayser home
* 30 year old woman arrested on 18 counts
* Dogs in chicken coop and closed garage with no food
( Memphis 07/04/2010) - A Frayser woman is in the Shelby County jail facing a long list of animal cruelty charges after almost two dozen pit bulls dogs are seized from her home. It happened on Dellwood near Whitney. The woman is being held on a $7,500 bond and will go before a judge next week.
Animal control officers removed 20 pit bulls from 1216 Dellwood. Officers say the sores and scars on them are consistent with wounds that come from dog fighting. News Channel 3 found a receipt for dog food in the yard. Still, officers paint a picture of starving, neglected animals.
Some neighbors ignored our questions when we tried to talk to them about what happened. Others talked to us under the condition we conceal their identity.
"When we walk past the house, it just sounds like 3 or 4 dogs back there. Unless they had them hid somewhere, you wouldn't have known," said one neighbor.
An affidavit says the dogs were inactive and likely dehydrated. They found some of the dogs in a closed garage. There was no ventilation, no food and no water, according to officers. They described it as stifling inside. Other animals in the backyard were under weight with open wounds and infections. Their backbones, pelvic bones and hip bones were showing. A 3 week old puppy was kept in an elevated cage. Officers described it as more of a chicken coop. The puppy's leg was entangled in the wire floor and had to be cut free. There was water for him but no sign of food.
Neighbors say they had no idea that so many dogs were on that property. Thick foliage surrounds most of the backyard, shielding anything going on back there. However, they did know that someone who lived in the house had been in trouble before because of dogs.
One neighbor said, "I know the young man that stayed in the house had been on the news for that incident once before. So, when we saw the sign for pit bulls being for sale, we were kind of shocked that he still had dogs after being in trouble with the law."
This time police arrested 30 year old Candice Stinson. Officers took her to jail. They put the dogs in the care of the Memphis Animal Shelter.
Candice Stinson is scheduled to be in court Tuesday to face 18 different counts that include everything from aggravated animal cruelty to not having proper rabies documentation.
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Pit bulls found sick and neglected in chicken coop and hot garage
Stephanie Scurlock
1:22 PM CDT, July 4, 2010
FAST FACTS:
* 20 pit bulls seized from Frayser home
* 30 year old woman arrested on 18 counts
* Dogs in chicken coop and closed garage with no food
( Memphis 07/04/2010) - A Frayser woman is in the Shelby County jail facing a long list of animal cruelty charges after almost two dozen pit bulls dogs are seized from her home. It happened on Dellwood near Whitney. The woman is being held on a $7,500 bond and will go before a judge next week.
Animal control officers removed 20 pit bulls from 1216 Dellwood. Officers say the sores and scars on them are consistent with wounds that come from dog fighting. News Channel 3 found a receipt for dog food in the yard. Still, officers paint a picture of starving, neglected animals.
Some neighbors ignored our questions when we tried to talk to them about what happened. Others talked to us under the condition we conceal their identity.
"When we walk past the house, it just sounds like 3 or 4 dogs back there. Unless they had them hid somewhere, you wouldn't have known," said one neighbor.
An affidavit says the dogs were inactive and likely dehydrated. They found some of the dogs in a closed garage. There was no ventilation, no food and no water, according to officers. They described it as stifling inside. Other animals in the backyard were under weight with open wounds and infections. Their backbones, pelvic bones and hip bones were showing. A 3 week old puppy was kept in an elevated cage. Officers described it as more of a chicken coop. The puppy's leg was entangled in the wire floor and had to be cut free. There was water for him but no sign of food.
Neighbors say they had no idea that so many dogs were on that property. Thick foliage surrounds most of the backyard, shielding anything going on back there. However, they did know that someone who lived in the house had been in trouble before because of dogs.
One neighbor said, "I know the young man that stayed in the house had been on the news for that incident once before. So, when we saw the sign for pit bulls being for sale, we were kind of shocked that he still had dogs after being in trouble with the law."
This time police arrested 30 year old Candice Stinson. Officers took her to jail. They put the dogs in the care of the Memphis Animal Shelter.
Candice Stinson is scheduled to be in court Tuesday to face 18 different counts that include everything from aggravated animal cruelty to not having proper rabies documentation.
Read all 62 comments » (http://www.topix.net/forum/source/wreg/TR66JPU8M9NAH3BPS)
News Video at Link:
http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-frayser-animal-cruelty-story,0,4437329.story?track=rss