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REBECCA RHONDA RUTHERFORD and DIEGO JAIMES ANGEL face charges for the murder of a dog

Updated: Nov 7, 2023

- Oklahoma, USA -


On November 4, 2023, the Tulsa Police Department arrested 46-years-old REBECCA RHONDA RUTHERFORD (pictured), owner of Doggy Doodles Grooming.


This arrest is connected to an animal cruelty case for which 41-years-old DIEGO JAIMES ANGEL (also pictured), was arrested in September 2023, when an innocent dog died while being groomed by him at Doggy Doodles Grooming.


The furvictim was a 4-year-old Golden Doodle named Atlas.


It all started on September 1, 2023, when Atlas’ guardian, Mr. Anthony Sinor, took his furbaby to the facility for routine grooming. Mr. Sinor said the family had used the business several times before.


Mr. Sinor told KTUL that that day he received a call from Doggy Doodles Grooming telling him that Atlas had died. “They told me that he had a seizure and was defecating and that they tried CPR and mouth-to-mouth and then they took him to the vet.”


Atlas’ family then learned the heartbreaking truth when they received a call from Tulsa Animal Welfare Pets revealing that Atlas had been killed.


According to News On 6, an employee of Doggy Doodles Grooming reported a coworker had beaten Atlas.


Tulsa Police said that after receiving the alarming report, Tulsa Animal Welfare responded to the location and began an investigation. Officers reviewed the 20-minute video showing the beating from two angles.


News On 6 obtained the video of the incident and published brief moments of various situations. For the first minutes everything seemed ok until Atlas began to resist some drying. At that point, ANGEL can be seen beating him “on and off over another 10 minutes while the dog becomes increasingly agitated.”

Footage then shows that Atlas is taken into another room where he was beaten some more. Eventually, Atlas was dragged off the table, and it appears he was choked by ANGEL.


Investigators said ANGEL suspended Atlas “in a head-high position using a lead on a grooming table.” After the pole holding the lead was adjusted higher, Atlas never moved again on the video. ANGEL stood there watching!


Atlas was murdered in the presence of other employees “working nearby, sometimes within steps of the groomer.”


Tulsa Police said Tulsa Animal Welfare “was able to take possession of the deceased dog and transported the body to the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostics Laboratory in Stillwater for necropsy.”


On September 7, 2023, Tulsa Animal Welfare, assisted by the Tulsa Police Department, obtained an arrest warrant for ANGEL from the Tulsa County District Court for felony Animal Cruelty charges.


ANGEL was located by the Elk City Police Department at a dog show. He was taken into custody and extradited back to Tulsa County.


As for RUTHEFORD, she is charged with accessory to felony and obstructing and officer. She was released from the Tulsa County Jail less than an hour after her arrest.


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BRANDON LEE HUNT arrested after Healdton Police found thirty-nine dead chickens on his property

- Oklahoma, USA -


On Tuesday, August 22, 2022, the Healdton Police Department arrested 26-years-old BRANDON LEE HUNT (pictured) after several deceased chicken carcasses and other animals were discovered at a property on 922 Industrial Road in Healdton, Carter County.


According to the arrest affidavit obtained by Voice For Us, Healdton Police Officer Chance Robertson responded to the aforementioned property on Tuesday and knocked on the door but there was no answer. In the front yard of the residence, the officer saw one dead chicken and one dog running loose. On the south side of the home, the officer saw three cages; in one of them were three dead chickens, in another were two dead chickens, and in the last one there was one dead chicken. Officer Robertson also found two chained dogs and one of them, a brown dog, was so skinny that his/her ribs were showing.


As the officer walked to the back of the residence, he discovered a dead chicken by the camper, and more dead chickens inside cages in the backyards. According to the affidavit, “some of the chickens looked like they had just died”, while the others had been dead for a while.

Additionally, Officer Robertson found a black fifty-five gallon drum barrel with several dead chickens inside. The officer estimated a total of thirty-nine deceased chickens throughout the property.


According to a court document signed by Carter County District Attorney Melissa G. Handke, "BRANDON LEE HUNT ACTING TOGETHER AND IN CONCERT WITH REVA BLALOCK" did then and there unlawfully, willfully, knowingly, and wrongfully commit forty felony counts of cruelty to animals. The counts are in relation to the chickens who belonged to HUNT and who were willfully and cruelly neglected by being deprived of adequate care which resulted in their deaths, and to the brown dog, who belonged to HUNT, who was willfully and cruelly neglected by being deprived of proper care.


Healdton Police Chief Dustin Miller told KXII that they also found cats and a decomposed rabbit on the property. He added that Healdton animal control rescued the animals and took them to a local vet clinic to be treated. Sadly, one of the kittens died.


HUNT was placed under arrest and taken to Carter County Jail.


On a separate note, KXII reports that HUNT has been arrested for animal cruelty in 2021, after several dogs and pigeons were found on his property starving with no food or water. Two dogs were sadly found deceased. The following year, HUNT pleaded guilty to the charges of animal cruelty and was sentenced to only one year in jail.


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LINDA KAY MANUEL and DEXTER DAROL MANUEL arrested - Thirty-six dogs and puppies found in a U-Haul

- Oklahoma, USA -


Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Zemp Behenna has filed charges against 69-years-old LINDA KAY MANUEL and 62-years-old DEXTER DAROL MANUEL (both pictured).


According to a press release by the DA’s Office, the MANUELS are “accused of leaving 36 dogs in a U-haul parked in a Walmart parking lot,” on 7800 NW Expressway.


On June 5, 2023, “Walmart staff called Animal Welfare to report there was a U-haul parked in the parking lot that sounded and smelled like it was full of animals.” The Oklahoma City Police Department also responded to the scene to assist Oklahoma City Animal Welfare.


The release stated that investigators cut the padlock to the U-Haul. The temperature inside was 100 degrees. Officials found multiple cages with dogs and puppies without food, water or ventilation. Three of the dogs were in active heatstroke and the others were laying down, panting and profusely sweating.


When Oklahoma City Animal Welfare discovered the U-Haul, officers were already working on an animal cruelty case at the couple’s home. It is believed the MANUELS were running a puppy mill.


The MANUELS were arrested on June 6, 2023, and booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center on thirty-six (36) felony counts of Cruelty to Animals each, one misdemeanor count of Transporting Animals in a Cruel or Inhumane Manner each, and one count of Violation of the Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Licensing Act each.

The couple were released after posting each a $20,000 bond.


As for the Voiceless Victims, sadly, one dog had to be euthanized after his/her organs began to fail and suffered side effects of the heatstroke. I have emailed the DA’s Office to request additional information about the furbaby. If I receive a response, I will post an update.

All the others are being cared for by the Oklahoma Humane Society, Nexus Animals, Friends with 4 Paws and All Paws Animal Rescue.


The Oklahoma Humane Society said in a Facebook post that they took in seventeen (17) dogs. “One of the dogs later gave birth in our care, bringing our total to 23!”

The organization explained that all dogs are currently in foster homes receiving the necessary care before they can be adopted. The post goes on to say: “Each animal will move through our system at their own pace based on the care they need. Some require heart-worm treatment, some only spay/neuter surgery, and others like these tiny puppies will need more time with their mom to grow big and strong.”


Friends with Four Paws said in a Facebook post that they took in nine dogs.


Please visit their Facebook pages to find out how to help them face this rescue. Thank you!


I despise breeders and I hate those who come to you to buy lives, keeping you in business, instead of saving lives from shelters!

Filthy, cruel, evil, heartless, and soulless breeders, do you want to make money? Sell yourselves!!!!


Authorities did not disclose the name of the furbaby who had to be euthanized so I took the liberty of naming him/her Blossom for the tribute image. Should his/her given name be made public, I will rectify it accordingly.


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Mugshots provided to Voice For Us by the Oklahoma County Detention Center.





 
 
 

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