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- 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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- Ohio, USA -


48-years-old CHARLES A. PARKS (pictured) is a deputy warden at the Trumbull County Dog Pound who is facing animal cruelty charges and unbelievably, remains employed by the county!


Animal Welfare League CEO Lori Shandor said in a statement that PARKS “failed to provide necessary care to the dogs housed at the kennel on at least two dates when he was the sole employee tasked with providing this care. Because of the employee and volunteer schedules at the Dog Warden facility, this meant that the dogs would have allegedly been without food, water, medication, and other care for at least 48 hours.”


Ms. Shandor said that AWL Humane Agents investigated this matter after receiving a complaint from the Executive Dog Warden for Trumbull County.


The statement goes on to say: “After reviewing records and hours of surveillance footage, Agents conducted interviews of witnesses and the suspect. As a result of this investigation, the Humane Department determined that a violation of law had occurred and four criminal charges of animal neglect were filed on August 29, 2022 in the Warren Municipal Court.”


Court records show that PARKS, of Sweetbrier Street, Warren, is facing two counts of depriving animals food and water, and two counts of animal cruelty. The charges are second degree misdemeanors and are punishable by up to only 90 days in jail and a meager $750.00 fine.

PARKS will face Judge Terry F. Ivanchak on Friday, September 9, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. for his arraignment.


Tribune Chronicle reports that PARKS has worked for the dog warden’s office since 2018, and I personally have doubts about his past behavior and treatment of the VOICESS VICTIMS in his care!


As reported by WFMJ, “A call to the Trumbull County Dog Wardens Office confirmed that Parks is still on the job as of Tuesday afternoon. The deadline to administer progressive action may have passed. Parks is represented by AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.”


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- South Carolina, USA -


A search warrant was served for 35-years-old JOEVAUGHN LEON MEREDITH (pictured) on August 17, 2022, at a residence in the 2300 block of Brockman McClimon Road, Greer, where fifty-eight dogs were being kept.


Officers from the Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement Department returned to the property on the morning of Wednesday, August 24, 2022, with another search warrant. They removed forty-one dogs and left seventeen more at the residence.

The department said officers went back to the property due to the health and living conditions of the dogs in the home.


The Post and Courier reports that Jamie Nelson, Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement director, said the dogs were kept in pens without clean water and the pens were covered with feces. He also said that several dogs were malnourished, had skin disorders, eye infections, and other injuries.


The forty-one dogs who were removed were placed in the care of Greenville County Animal Care.

MEREDITH granted the shelter ‘ownership’ of thirty-three dogs and said he wants eight of them back.

Nelson said: “We are going to let the court system work all that out.”


Regarding the seventeen dogs who were left on the property, Nelson told WSPA: “The reason why we left those 17 there has got to do with the fact that they are healthy, they are in a good, pinned area and there is someone that can take care of them.”


He also added: “It’s a living animal. Unfortunately, there’s people out there for whatever reason get overwhelmed, can’t take care of them. This scenario right here I don’t think it was that. I think this individual may have been selling them online as a breeder type scenario, maybe got overwhelmed.”


MEREDITH was arrested on August 24, 2022, on twelve counts of first-offense ill-treatment of animals. He was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center and released the following day.


If you wish and can afford to help Greenville County Animal Care with donations, fostering, and adopting, please, visit their website to see how. Thank you!


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