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RONALD WAYNE NIMS arrested after several animals were found malnourished and injured at his home

- Florida, USA -

 

The Lake City Police Department arrested 73-year-old RONALD WAYNE NIMS (pictured) after many cats, chickens, and dogs were removed from his home.

 

The Lake City Humane Society received information that there were up to fourteen (14) malnourished animals living at the home. Members with the agency responded to NIMS’ home on 705 SE Putnam Street and gave him a 72-hour notice to comply with state statutes on animal care.

 

On September 19, 2024, Ms. Jackson with the Lake City Humane Society went to NIMS’s home to check whether he had complied and she was denied entry. She then called the Lake City Police Department for assistance.

 

A responding officer reported seeing “multiple dogs in dire need of medical attention.” According to the officer, the dogs “were missing fur and covered in their own feces.”

 

Eventually, NIMS allowed police and Animal Control Officers to enter his home. According to the report obtained by Voice For Us, NIMS said he did not want people in the home as he is an “animal hoarder.”

 

Officials observed that there were no lights in the house. They saw multiple cages in the first room of the house that had been stacked on each other without water of food dishes. The floor was completely covered with hard feces and garbage preventing the door in the room from being opened.  

 

Throughout the home there were no lights or running water.

 

As officers were about to enter another room, NIMS was reluctant at first. Once inside the room, officers discovered two dogs in a cage under sheets. In the cage there was no food or water and the bottom was “padded with feces”, stated the report. Police said there was no dog food in the house.

According to the report, one of the two dogs was “aggressive and resisted being touched.”

 

Upon clearing the house, officials discovered eleven dogs, four cats, and two chickens.

 

All of the dogs were covered in fleas, many of them were shaking in fear, appeared to be thin due to malnutrition, and some of them were missing fur.

 

One dog bit an Animal Control Officer as the officer tried to get the furvictim outside so the poor soul was euthanized. The report stated: “This dog was found to have extensive injury for not being properly cared for and getting the medical attention needed. Animal Control determined due to the extensive need of care that they could not provide and the fact that the dog bit an employee, the dog was euthanized.”

 

Two other chickens were found sitting on the porch outside with no food or water.

 

The Lake City Humane Society removed all of the Voiceless Victims.

 

NIMS was placed under arrest and booked into the Columbia County Detention Center.

The Lake City Police Department filed the following thirty felony counts of animal cruelty against him:  five (5) counts of Torture Inflict Pain Serious Injury or Death, twelve (12) counts of Torment Deprive Mutilate, and thirteen (13) counts of Confine Animal without Sufficient food/water.

 

At the time of writing, arrest records show that NIMS is still in custody and a court date is not listed.

 

I took the liberty of naming the dog who was euthanized Pumpkin for the tribute image. Should his/her given name be made public, I will rectify it accordingly.

 

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In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.

 

 

NIMS’ mugshot shared from the Columbia County Sheriff's Office




 
 
 

KATY LYNELL JONES and her husband RICHARD ALLEN JONES JR sentenced for abuse of horses – One died

- Florida, USA -

 

28-year-old KATY LYNELL JONES and her husband, 26-year-old RICHARD ALLEN JONES JR. (both pictured) have been sentenced on animal cruelty charges for failing to properly care for their horses. The neglect sadly caused the death of one of the horses.

 

According to Escambia County prosecutors, the couple “owned” horses on Killam Road near Century who were not being cared for. Prosecutors said that between July 2022 and February 2023, the JONESES “failed to provide proper care and treatment to their property, resulting in intentional, unnecessary and repeated pain and suffering to said horses.”

 

On February 4, 2023, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office responded to a call about horses who had been left in a random field on Killam Road. The reporting party said one of the horses was down and suffering because he had not been fed.

 

One of the responding deputies wrote in his report: “I observed a horse lying on its side in the field, and the horse appeared to be dead. As I approached the horse that was lying on its side, the horse attempted to lift its head in an attempt to get up, but was barely able to move. I observed the horse to be extremely emaciated, with its ribs and hip bones protruding.”

 

The deputy went on to report: “I observed the area around the horse to be torn and gouged in a circular area where the horse had obviously been struggling and spinning on the ground in an attempt to get up. The horse’s head and neck were lying in horse feces. It was obvious the horse had been there for some time.”

 

The deputy additionally reported: “I did not observe any feed residue in the pasture that would indicate the animals had been fed recently. I also observed that the water trough was dry and there was no potable water in the pasture. I observed a small area of ​​standing water in the pasture that appeared unsafe for consumption.”

 

Deputies also found another horse in the pasture area who was also extremely emaciated, with protruding ribs and hip bones and his hooves were extremely cracked and split.

 

A goat and a small pony were also found in the pasture and according to deputies they appeared to be healthy.

 

Escambia County Animal Control and the Escambia County livestock officer were notified and responded to the scene to remove all the Voiceless Victims.

 

It was determined that the JONESES were the animals’ guardians and that they had lived in the home on the property several months prior.

 

While officials were on site, the son of the property owner arrived and said that the JONESES had moved from the property in July 2022.

 

When KATY LYNELL JONES had a FaceTime conversation with an Animal Control Officer, she said that the horses had been fed three days before deputies went to the property. She also said that it had been about two weeks since they had been given a bale of hay. Furthermore, she told the ACO that no veterinarian had been called to check on the horses. She claimed that her husband would check on the horses and move them to green grass.

 

The JONESES were arrested on August 17, 2023,  and charged with two felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty. They were released a few minutes after their arrest and according to court documents they were facing up to five years in prison.

 

However, Escambia County Circuit Court judge Linda L. Nobles was very generous when sentencing the scum and showed them the compassion they did not have for those Innocent Souls!

 

On September 12, 2024, KATY LYNELL JONES and RICHARD ALLEN JONES JR. pleaded no contest to the charges and the judge withheld adjudication in sentencing each to 270 days in the Escambia County Jail on each count to be served concurrently with probation terminating on release.

 

The husband was remanded into custody to begin serving his sentence while the wife was ordered to report to a probation officer within hours of the sentencing. The judge allowed the wife to remain free and ordered her to turn herself in to serve her sentence within 10 days of the husband’s release. The sentencing arrangement was made due to the couple having young children at home.

 

Panhandle Equine Rescue, Inc. wrote in a Facebook post:

“Justice was served today for Slick, Sonny and Journey who were seized last year from a property in Century, FL. after suffering severe neglect. Unfortunately, it was too late for Slick who died just hours after he arrived at our facility, but he was not alone when he took his last breath. We almost lost Sonny also, but with the assistance of Gulf Coast Equine Hospital, he pulled through. Journey, a small pony also survived. Sonny and Journey are now healthy and adopted!

The husband and wife both received nine months in the county jail which is a huge victory!  They both had their own private counsel and little to no criminal history. We were expecting probation, but Escambia County takes animal cruelty very seriously and strives to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

We are very grateful for the investigator who worked this case and testified today at the sentence hearing. We also appreciate the judge and state attorneys office who made sure they were held accountable for their negligence.

Animal cruelty should not be tolerated, as it speaks to a person’s lack of ability to care, which usually affects humans in their life; their spouse and children are also victims. It is factual that most serial killers started with animal abuse. Their minds are sick and twisted. So, holding people accountable for animal cruelty can hopefully change a mindset before others suffer.

We wanted to share some photos; some are hard to look at, but others show how well Sonny and Journey are doing! We also honor Slick’s memory by making sure his pasture buddies will never suffer again! 💕💕”

 

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Mugshots shared from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office

 

Victims’ pictures shared from Panhandle Equine Rescue, Inc.





 
 
 

JOSEPHINE MARIE RAGLAND arrested in connection with the death of a dog at her dog-boarding business

- Connecticut, USA -

 

The Connecticut State Police announced the arrest of 28-year-old JOSEPHINE MARIE RAGLAND (pictured).

 

On September 16, 2024, RAGLAND turned herself into the Middletown Police Department on the strength of an active arrest warrant held by Connecticut State Police on four counts of cruelty to animals.

 

RAGLAND’s arrest marks the second arrest in a case connected to the death of a 3-year-old French Bulldog named Charlie that happened on September 4, 2023.

 

RAGLAND’s mother, 64-year-old JACQUELINE WITT, was arrested on September 10, 2024.

 

According to the affidavit, RAGLAND, who went by “Lily”, had her business “Wagging Good” listed on a website as a facility for training and boarding dogs and would charge $1,000 to $2,500 to pick up the dogs and board/train them.

 

The affidavit stated that RAGLAND would go to pick up the dogs from their families’ homes, drive them to WITT’s residence in Haddam and leave them in crates.

 

According to the affidavit, when Charlie died, RAGLAND and WITT had a total of five dogs in their care. Charlie lost his precious life while under WITT’s supervision and after he had died, RAGLAND did not inform his family. Instead, she continued to send Charlie’s family updates on his training. RAGLAND put Charlie’s lifeless body “in a trash bag inside the sun room of the residence next to the other dogs she was caring for.”

 

Once Charlie’s body began to bloat, WITT took his body to Canterbury Turnpike in Norwichtown and dumped him ten to fifteen feet off the roadway.

 

Charlie was supposed to be returned to his family on September 15, 2024, but he never went back home. According to the affidavit, RAGLAND initially told Charlie’s guardian that Charlie had either got loose or was stolen from her while her vehicle was broken down that day. Charlie’s guardian, whom WFSB identified as Bart Hanson, contacted the North Reading Police Department to report that.

 

Reading Police assigned Detective Lieutenant Encarnacao to investigate the incident and he then reached out to Animal Control Officer DellaRocco of the CT Department of Agriculture Animal Unit who started the investigation.

 

When RAGLAND and WITT were questioned by ACO DellaRocco and Detective Lieutenant Encarnacao, they gave different versions of how Charlie died.

 

ACO DellaRocco picked up Charlie’s body from the road and put him in the freezer at the Clinton Dog Pound.

The other dogs who RAGLAND had picked up to train were returned to their families.

The affidavit blacked out the names of the dogs but described them as an 8-year-old American Eskimo Pomeranian mix, a 7-month-old Golden Retriever, a 7-year-old black Labrador, and an 8-year-old American Cocker Spaniel. One of them was in the worst condition and had a little to no fur on his legs, stomach and part of his tail and the areas without fur were scabby.

 

A necropsy performed on Charlie showed he was emaciated with “severe prominence of ribs, vertebrae and scapulae.” Part of Charlie’s skin had “multiple areas of pale and red discoloration.”

 

RAGLAND was released from custody on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at Middletown Superior Court on September 30, 2024.

 

As for WITT, she was released on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned at Middletown Superior Court on September 19, 2024. She is facing four charges of animal cruelty to animals and one count of tampering with evidence.

 

Cassidy Williams, with I-Team Investigation said that the Massachusetts police reports say investigators got documents from California showing that RAGLAND ran a similar dog training scheme there before moving to Connecticut. RAGLAND left California after a dog disappeared and she is facing charges in California as well. The details of that case are currently sealed and RAGLAND’s lawyer did not respond to I-Team Investigation’s request for comment.

 

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In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.

 




 
 
 

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