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CINDY LOU FREDERICK and MARVIN LEROY FREDERICK facing animal cruelty charges

- Pennsylvania, USA -

 

⚠️WARNING⚠️The article contains pictures some of you may find distressing⚠️

 

The Scranton Police Department said that 60-years-old CINDY LOU FREDERICK and 57-years-old MARVIN LEROY FREDERICK (both pictured), are facing animal cruelty charges after they abandoned dozens of cats and left them in deplorable conditions without food and water at the home they moved out from in December 2023.

 

The FREDERICKS’ home, on 508 West Market Street in Scranton, was listed for sale on Zillow. A couple went to see the residence on January 11, 2024, and used the key under the mat to enter. Police said that when the couple opened the door: “Approximately 10 to 15 cats came to the door who appeared thin and malnourished. The cats were said to be crying. The house was said to be filthy and full of garbage with an overwhelming foul odor that was so bad that (the witness) could not enter.”

 

Authorities were alerted and responded to the scene.

 

The home was in deplorable, unlivable condition and was condemned by city inspectors.

Animal Control Officers reported seeing dirt, garbage, feces, and bones throughout the residence along with the smell of a foul odor.

Bowls were empty and there was no water for the Voiceless Victims.

Authorities said several cat skulls and skeletons were found in the home.

Police said the bones of four cats stripped clean and still pink in spots, suggested the living cats were forced to eat their own to survive.

 

Scranton Police reported in the criminal complaint: “These cats were not left with adequate food and water and, as a result, have suffered significant cruelty and sustained serious medical issues.”

 

Officials put down crates with food inside and within seconds they trapped eight cats. The cats and the remains of a ninth cat were taken to Griffin Pond Animal Shelter. According to the shelter, several dogs were also removed from the property and are now in their care.

 

Authorities returned to the property and trapped and removed more cats.

 

Griffin Pond Animal Shelter wrote in a Facebook post: “Every single cat brought in this evening received the very best care. From cleaning their wounds, to a complete health assessment, then fluids medications and vaccines followed by a comfortable bed and food for their starving bellies. Each one purred at our touch. What these animals have suffered and endured demands justice. Pray that justice can be served . 🙏”

 

The FREDERICKS were arrested on January 16, 2024, and have each been charged with twenty-three (23) felony and twenty-three (23) misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty. According to court records, on the same day, the wife appeared before Magisterial District Judge Christopher Szewczyk and the husband appeared before Magisterial District Judge John Pesota for their arraignment. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for both for Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at 9:15 a.m.

 

If you wish and can afford to help out the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter, please click here. Thank you!

 

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Details may be removed or additional information may be provided in future should such sources report an update.

 

 

Pictures shared from the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter


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GRACE CHARLENE HORNE accused of leaving animals for weeks without food or water

- North Carolina, USA -

 

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said that 24-years-old GRACE CHARLENE HORNE is facing animal cruelty charges following an investigation that was launched in November 2023, after a neighbor reported her concerns to Rowan County Animal Services.

 

On November 21, 2023, Investigator Eric Williams with Rowan County Animal Services responded to a home on 107 Upland Trail in Cleveland to investigate reports of possible animal abandonment.

 

Upon arrival, Investigator Williams found chickens running loose on the property. Looking through a window of the home he then saw three dogs who appeared to be emaciated and one of them was unable to stand up due to the condition he/she was in.

 

Investigator Willimas contacted HORNE, the animals’ guardian, and she met with him at the property. HORNE said no one had been able to care for the animals in about a month.

 

Once inside the home, Investigator Williams found puddles of urine and feces throughout the house.

 

The three dogs were transported to the Rowan County Animal Shelter for medical care.

 

According to a press release by the sheriff’s office and obtained by Voice For Us, on January 12, 2024, the Rowan County District Attorney’s Office asked the sheriff’s office to investigate the case further and the case was assigned to a deputy of the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Apprehension Team (SOCAT). Through the investigation, the deputy was able to speak to the veterinarian that treated the dogs and learned that all three furvictims “were as close as they could be to dying of starvation and still be breathing. “

 

On January 12, 2024, warrants were obtained for HORNE for seven felony counts of animal cruelty and seven misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty.

The charges refer to the three dogs and the four chickens.

 

The following day, January 13, 2024, the warrants were served and HORNE was arrested. She was taken before a magistrate and released on a written promise to appear in court. 

 

On January 16, 2024, witnesses gave statements to the sheriff’s office stating that they had witnessed “the ill-care of three dogs and chickens on the property and that they would also be making a statement about other animals on the property.”  The witnesses further stated that in the summer of 2023, there were a total of five chickens and three ducks on HORNE’s property.

According to the release, one of the witnesses stated that HORNE was never at home and “the chickens and ducks had no food, and water and that a pool that had been placed out for the ducks had no water in it and that it was [nothing] but sludge.” Additionally, the witness stated that she contacted HORNE to let her know that one of the ducks had died.

 

Although the neighbors started caring for the ducks and chickens, two remaining ducks and one chicken died later, making a total of four animals who passed away.

 

With this new information about the deceased animals, warrants were obtained on January 16, 2024, for four felony counts of Death by Starvation. On the same day, HORNES appeared in court on the new charges and was served with the warrant for Felony Death by Starvation. She was then taken before a District Court Judge on the felony charges. The Judge ordered her not to have any responsibility for animals and then released her on a written promise to appear in court on February 14, 2024.

 

As for the three dogs, they have since been rehabilitated and adopted out to new homes.

 

Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the official press release by the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office obtained by Voice For Us.

 





 
 
 

DEBRA JANE CATLEDGE arrested twice in less than two days on animal cruelty charges

Updated: Sep 27, 2024

- Alabama, USA -


~ Update: September 27, 2024

 

On September 24, 2024, 64-years-old DEBRA JANE CATLEDGE (pictured) was sentenced after in August 2024, she was found guilty of thirty-seven (37) counts of animal cruelty.

 

Colbert County Circuit Judge Mitchell D. Hays handed down a thirty (30) year-split-sentence. CATLEDGE will only serve nine (9) years in prison and after her release, she will be on probation for the remaining twenty-one (21) years during which time she cannot have animals. If she violates her probation she will be sent back to prison for the remainder of her sentence.

 

WHNT reports that according to court documents, CATLEDGE entered a guilty plea for seventeen (17) counts of second-degree dog/cat cruelty, twelve (12) counts of cruelty to animals, three (3) counts of first-degree dog/cat cruelty, three (3) counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, and two (2) counts of failure to bury livestock. Four counts were abandoned by the court to be considered in the sentencing.

 

As reported by WAFF, CATLEDGE  is planning on appealing her conviction. Judge Hays set a $150,000 appeal bond at the end of the sentencing. CATLEDGE is booked in the Colbert County Jail on that bond.

 


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On Friday, September 29, 2023, Colbert County authorities executed a search warrant on a property in Cherokee.


Corey Speegle, the director of animal services at the Colbert County Animal Shelter, told Fox News Digital that back in June he received reports of dead horses on the property which prompted an investigation. On September 25, 2023, Speegle received another report, and after presenting it to both the sheriff’s office and district attorney’s office, a search warrant was executed.


County Animal Services and State Bureau of Investigation found at least twenty-nine (29) dead horses as well as ten (10) live horses who were suffering from starvation, and nearly fifty (50) dogs who were living in horrible conditions. Additionally, officials discovered skeletal remains of two dogs. One of the deceased horses was found in a pond.


Speegle told Fox News Digital the conditions “were bad as the hair on the majority of the dogs was matted, and they were living in urine and feces. Some of the dogs were so matted that it was difficult to find the eyes. The dogs were also covered in bugs and cockroaches.”

“This was a puppy mill,” added Speegle.


All the surviving animals, including horses, dogs, donkeys, and mules, were removed from the property, and taken to the Colbert County Animal Shelter.


On Saturday, September 30, 2023, deputies with the Colbert County Sheriff’s Office arrested 63-years-old DEBRA JANE CATLEDGE (pictured) on fifteen (15) counts of animal cruelty. CATLEDGE was booked into the Colbert County Jail and released the following day after posting $12,250 bond.


WAFF reports that CATLEDGE was then arrested again on the evening of Tuesday, October 3, 2023, on state charges of twenty-eight (28) counts of failing to bury or burn dead animals.


Through Facebook posts, the Colbert County Animal Shelter thanked the volunteers who came out and helped and everyone who stepped up to assist the shelter with monetary donations and food.


On a separate note, News 19 reports that CATLEDGE “is not a stranger to animal-related cases with law enforcement. She was convicted in 2013 after authorities rescued more than 120 small dogs that were found in cages outside her home.”

After pleading guilty to the animal cruelty charges, CATLEDGE spent some time in jail and according to a plea agreement, she was no longer allowed to breed animals.

Colbert County Sheriff Eric Balentine told News 19: “After she did her 14 days, she was ‘out of sight, out of mind’ and I’m not pointing fingers because I don’t know whose at fault for that… I’m just saying after this, as long as I’m in office, somebody is going to keep an eye on what’s going on.”


As I always say, animal abusers are toxic. Toxic people do not change, they only change their victims!


Voice For Us Disclaimer: This story is sourced from official news outlets. Links included.

Details may be removed or additional information may be provided in future should such sources report an update.



CATLEDGE’s mugshot shared from the Colbert County Jail.





 
 
 

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