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LUCAS RUSSELL VANWOERT accused of making videos of dogs being sexually assaulted tortured and killed

- Ohio, USA -


In this article there are references to “dogs sexually assaulted.”

For the record, I totally disagree with the phrase as I firmly believe that it should be called what it is, RAPE!


FOX 17 reports that 25-years-old LUCAS RUSSELL VANWOERT (pictured), “is accused of sexually assaulting dogs within the last two years.”


According to a criminal complaint, at least four innocent dogs were involved and the crimes are believed to have taken place between November 2020, and April 2022.


Court documents obtained by FOX 17, stated that VANWOERT produced a series of “animal crush” videos and other graphic material.


According to court records, in November 2020, VANWOERT filmed dogs being sexually assaulted and “subjected to bodily injury,” resulting in the death of an innocent dog. VANWOERT then sent the videos to a 51-year-old man in Australia.


It just so happens that the Australian male in question was arrested in April 2022, “for multiple offenses including bestiality, animal cruelty, aggravated animal cruelty, and child exploitation crimes” and among the videos and photos found on his devices, was material that investigators eventually linked to VANWOERT.

According to court documents, confiscated footage showed a man who looks like and has the same tattoo on his arm as VANWOERT.


WOOD reports: “GPS data connected the videos to a truck stop in Michigan and the videos appear to be filmed in a semitruck, an agent with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations wrote in the criminal complaint. It says VanWoert is a truck driver.”


VANWOERT, originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, moved to Mercer County, Ohio earlier this year. On September 27, 2022, a search warrant was executed at his current Celina home in Mercer County, Ohio where three dogs were discovered to be in poor health and the body of a fourth dog was found buried in the backyard.

During the search, VANWOERT admitted “to engaging in sex acts, beating, and strangling a dog” and placing the lifeless body of the furbaby in a dumpster on a former Grand Rapids employer’s property.


The sick murderer is being held in the Mercer County Sheriff's Office on four counts of creation of animal crush video and four counts of distribution of animal crush video, all felonies punishable by fines and/or up to seven years imprisonment if VANWOERT is convicted.


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KAREN ANNETTE PLAMBECK arrested after a hundred and ninety-eight dogs were removed from her home

Updated: Dec 14, 2022

- Illinois, USA -


~ Update: December 14, 2022


59-years-old KAREN ANNETTE PLAMBECK (pictured), is facing additional charges after her arrest in August 2022, when Mercer County animal control rescued 198 dogs from her property in rural Sherrard.


On Monday, December 12, 2022, PLAMBECK was in court for her pre-trial conference and Mercer County State’s Attorney Grace Simpson said she was filing seven more counts of animal abuse against bringing the total to twelve counts of aggravated cruelty to animals.


PLAMBECK has pled not guilty to all the charges. If convicted, she could spend one to three years in jail on the animal abuse charges and two to five years for tampering with a witness in the case.


PLAMBECK’s next pre-trial conference is set for February 6, 2023, at 9:00 a.m.




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On Friday, August 12, 2022, Mercer County Sheriff’s office arrested 59-years-old KAREN ANNETTE PLAMBECK (pictured), after animal control rescued 198 dogs from her property in rural Sherrard.


The dogs were found living in their fecal matter, with matted coats, dehydrated, and extremely skinny.


PLAMBECK was charged with three counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, a Class 4 felony punishable by one to three years in prison.

She was released after posting 10% of a $25,000 bond and court records show she had her first court appearance on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.


Prosecutors have rightfully asked a judge to permanently forfeit the dogs rescued from PLAMBECK’s home and Mercer County State’s Attorney Grace Simpson filed a petition on Tuesday, August 16, 2022.

According to court records, a petition hearing has been set for Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 9:00 a.m.

A preliminary hearing is also scheduled to take place the same day.


KWQC reports that according to the petition, on August 10, 2022, a woman named Lauren Strickland of Watervliet, Michigan, called the Mercer County Animal Control Department to report that some of her Collies who had been sold to a person in South Carolina, never arrived and said that they were supposed to be transported by PLAMBECK. Strickland expressed concern for the welfare of the dogs.


An animal control officer went to PLAMBECK’s home and later returned with a search warrant.

At PLAMBECK’s home officials found 193 Collies, 3 Corgis, and 2 Pyrenees.

Some of the dogs had mange, maggots, parvo, and necrosis. None of them had access to water.


Two puppies were found with severe cases of sarcoptic mange. The contagious disease caused the puppies to itch uncontrollably and not eat, resulting in them being emaciated.


A Collie was found with a large skin ulcer that had underlying muscle necrosis and the wounds had a large amount of maggots. The furbaby could not stand on his/her own and was sadly euthanized.


A litter of puppies was also found to be parvo positive and another Collie was suffering from a chronic fracture of the tarsal joint.


According to QuadCities, Strickland was able to locate and get back four of her eight Collies. She later found out that one Collie was going to be kept by animal control, two were “shipped” by PLAMBECK to other states and were located, and two more are still missing. Strickland told QuadCities: “I have the two missing, Holly and Storm. We’re working on hiring a private investigator at this point because we just don’t know what else to do. We’re desperate for any information.”


On Thursday, September 1, 2022, PLAMBECK was arrested again for unlawful communication with a witness. Reportedly, PLAMBECK contacted the guardian of one of the dogs involved in the animal cruelty case.


As reported by KWQC, PLAMBECK has been charged with animal cruelty before.

In fact, in 2019, she was charged with cruel treatment of animals and four counts of unlawful inhumane care for animals.

Official documents obtained by KWQC show that PLAMBECK “allowed a halter to remain on a 2-year-old paint mare so long that the halter was embedded causing a necrotic area on the bridge of the horse’s nose.”

Documents further show that PLAMBECK additionally “failed to provide enough good quality, wholesome food to the same horse and several others.”


PLAMBECK “was later charged with disorderly conduct for breaching the peace by allowing her dogs to bark for hours on end”, stated the documents.

To this charge, PLAMBECK pleaded not guilty and she was sentenced to 24 months of court supervision.

As court records show, in a plea deal, PLAMBECK agreed to allow the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Department of Agriculture, or animal control to come onsite to check on the status of the animals.

Prosecutors dismissed the remaining charges against her.


This story nauseated me to my very core and made me break down in tears at the same time.

To know that there are soulless and heartless people who breed animals for profit speaks volumes about how we desperately and urgently need laws to put an end to this.

Innocent dogs have been bred, sold, transported, stolen, and shipped as if they were objects.

These VOICELESS VICTIMS have experienced stress, fear, exhaustion, and anxiety, only to end up in a hellish place confused and disoriented where they were not fed, watered, medically treated, or cared for!

Breeders, if you cannot make an honest living, sell yourselves!


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