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STEFFEN EVAN BALDWIN, former Union County humane agent, sentenced for animal cruelty

- Ohio, USA -


So many people have been waiting for this….


On March 13, 2025, in Union County Common Pleas Court, Franklin County Judge Daniel Hogan sentenced 44-year-old STEFFEN EVAN BALDWIN (pictured) for animal cruelty, bribery, and other charges.


BALDWIN, alias STEFFEN FINKELSTEIN, is co-founder of the Underdog Alliance in California, former chief humane agent for the Union County Humane Society in Ohio, and former executive director of Top of Ohio Pet Shelter in Logan County also in Ohio.


Union County Court of Common Pleas records show that BALDWIN was facing fifty-three counts in total, several relating to animal abuse.


According to prosecutors, BALDWIN, who once presented himself as an animal rights activist, misled supporters into believing he was rescuing and rehabilitating dogs, instead, he needlessly euthanized innocent dogs and kept raising money for the Voiceless Victims he had already put down.


During the trial, prosecutors argued that BALDWIN used his position to deceive donors and described him as a manipulative figure. Prosecutors also said that BALDWIN euthanized at least eight dogs to make space for others he was paid to train.


Judge Hogan sentenced BALDWIN to fifteen and a half years in prison, with twenty-three days of jail credit. BALDWIN will not be eligible for release before serving at least seven years and nine months. After serving prison time, BALDWIN will be placed on a five-year probation during which time he is to be subject to random drug screening, to be ineligible to leave Ohio, and to be ineligible to own a firearm.

Additionally, the judge imposed an indefinite ban on BALDWIN “owning” companion animals in the state of Ohio.


Investigators say BALDWIN’s crimes date back years, but the case would never have come together without the help of Angelo and Litsa Kargakos, furparents of Remington, known as Remi.


Back in 2020, 10TV interviewed Litsa and Angelo. The couple said that in 2016, they reached out to BALDWIN and he was prepared to work with Remi. Litsa and Angelo gave BALDWIN $1,000 and placed their baby Remi in his care.


10TV reports that within months, Litsa “saw red flags” and asked BALDWIN to see Remi “to check on his progress but was always denied.”


The situation got to the point where Litsa threatened to go to the county commissioners if she didn’t hear from BALDWIN and she and Angelo put up posters offering a reward for more information about Remi’s whereabouts.

Only at that point BALDWIN contacted Litsa and Angelo and asked them for a mediation session with an attorney to explain what happened.


Litsa recounted the devastating facts and told 10TV: “He fabricated a story and stated that Remi broke out of his kennel and that he attacked and killed another dog, and then he had to euthanize Remi due to the wounds. I didn’t believe any aspect of the story at that point, and he said that he had to euthanize Remi due to the horrific wounds that he had, and we came to find out that Remi didn’t have one mark on him when he was euthanized.”


Litsa and Angelo created a Facebook Group in honor of their baby Remi, Justice 4 Remi. Part of a post published after BALDWIN’s sentence read: “We can finally close this chapter of our lives and begin to heal from the loss of Remi. I know that Remi did not die in vain. I know that Remi’s death triggered the investigation that helped 18 total dogs get justice against the monster who stole their lives. I know that because of Remi Steffen Baldwin will be serving a substantial prison sentence. I know because of Remi no more animals will be hurt under Steffens care.”


Just like Litsa, I too wish BALDWIN would have gotten life in prison!


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BALDWIN’s mugshot shared from the Tri-County Regional Jail




 
 
 

BRIANN KAY BOLIN and ETHAN EUGENE BOLIN arrested after dog found in dumpster covered in blood

- Kentucky, USA -



~ Update: August 2, 2022


I have heard back from the Frankfort Police Department and I was told that the dog who was found in the dumpster was euthanized at a local Humane Society.


Other details could not be shared as the investigation is ongoing.


I have advised the Frankfort Police Department that I would email them again next month to see whether additional information about the case can be released.





~ Original story:


On the evening of Sunday, July 31, the Frankfort Police Department was called to the Country Hills Apartments in the 800 block of Schenkle Lane about a man who had thrown a dog into a dumpster.


In the dumpster indicated by witnesses, responding officers located a live dog who was severely injured and covered in blood.

Officers determined that the dog came from an apartment belonging to 33-years-old BRIANN KAY BOLIN and her husband 32-years-old ETHAN EUGENE BOLIN (both pictured).


Witnesses told police it was the husband who had tossed the dog into the dumpster.

WLKY reports that after the husband threw the dog into the dumpster, he left the scene with his other dog.

According to WDRB, witnesses also said to police that the husband told them this was the “fourth dog” his wife had “done this to.”


When later in the evening officers located the BOLINS, according to WLKY, they also found the couple’s other dog tied up to a log in the woods.


Police said the inside of the apartment was “covered in blood” with pools of blood and blood spatter in the stairwell.

Reportedly, an animal control officer told police that the dog’s injuries did not appear to have been caused by a dog fight.


Both husband and wife were arrested on July 31, and each charged with one count of torture of a dog or cat with serious physical injury or death.

Online arrest records show they are currently being held in the Franklin County Detention Center. The husband on a $20,000 bond and the wife on a $10,000 bond.


I have emailed the Frankfort Police Department and inquired about all the dogs involved in this case.

If I receive a response, I will publish the update.


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