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RONALD AVERY KEARNEY and MOHAMED SAMIH DWEYDARI facing charges – Dead animals found on a Garner farm

- North Carolina, USA -


On Friday, September 15, 2023, Wake County Animal Control officers responded to a farm in the 7500 block of Trudy Lane in Garner, in reference to an animal cruelty case.


Officers found more than two hundred (200) animals, including cows, donkey, fowl, goats, a kitten, mini horse, and sheep.

Officers reported that several animals were found deceased and the live ones were emaciated.

Animal Control officers requested the assistance of the Wake County Sheriff’s Office.


An investigation revealed that 60-years-old RONALD AVERY KEARNEY (pictured) and 70-years-old MOHAMED SAMIH DWEYDARI lived on the farm and were the animals’ guardians.


According to court documents, ninety (90) livestock were found to be emaciated and injured causing three of them to be euthanized.


While Wake County Animal Control officers continue to count the number of animals involved in the case, a Wake County spokesperson told ABC11 that two calves have been taken to NC State Veterinary School. The sheriff’s office said that the animals who could be saved have been placed into rehabilitation centers.


On Monday, September 18, 2023, KEARNEY appeared in Wake County District Court where Judge Rashad Ahmed Hauter set bond at $90,000.

ABC11 published a segment of the video of the hearing and in the background, KEARNEY can be heard asking the judge to lower his bond. “Please”, he said, as if the animals on his farm could say: “Please, feed us, don’t let us die.” KEARNEY had the nerve to tell Judge Hauter: “I don't really know what I've done wrong.”

During the hearing, Assistant District Attorney Christy Joyce pointed out that another animal died while investigators were on site.

Judge Hauter denied KEARNEY’s request and online records show that he is no longer in custody.


As for DWEYDARI, he was cited with one count of misdemeanor animal cruelty.


On a separate note, as reported by The News&Observer, KEARNEY has an extensive criminal background comprising several misdemeanor and felony charges in addition to felony arrests. In 2010, he was convicted and imprisoned for assault on a female and served three months in jail.


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JOHN THOMAS KAISER arrested for hurting two dogs, injuring his wife, and police officers

- Indiana, USA -


On the night of Sunday, September 24, 2023, officers with the Evansville Police Department responded to a domestic violence call at a property on Taylor Avenue.


According to the police report obtained by Voice For Us, a woman had called stating “he has been hitting her” then disconnected. Central dispatch reported that number had called in twice and disconnected. The woman was able at one point to report that the male “had been drinking and hurting the dogs as well.”


Upon arrival, officers made contact with the woman outside the residence. She told officers that her husband, 48-years-old JOHN THOMAS KAISER (pictured), had come back home intoxicated from a friend's house and while they were in the living room watching TV, he became angry over a show and began a verbal argument. As Mrs. Kaiser started packing some stuff so she could leave, he started hitting and kicking one of the two dogs, a male Chow Chow named Harry. Despite the horrifying situation Mrs. Kaiser was facing, her priority was the well-being of those Voiceless Victims. As she attempted to get the dogs out of the home, KAISER "shoved her in the kitchen and began hitting her with a closed fist on her face", stated the report.


While Mrs. Kaiser was being beaten, she was able to get the dogs out of the home and put them in her van. Unfortunately, during the altercation, she dropped the keys and KAISER refused to give them to her.


According to the report, Mrs. Kaiser sustained several injuries. "Officers did not observe visible injuries to the dogs; however, they are very long haired canines and it would have been difficult to observe injury", stated the report. Furthermore, both furbabies were "visibly upset" and could not be evaluated by officers on the scene.


The report does not mention whether the dogs were later examined by a veterinarian and the Evansville Police Department does not have this information.


Before officers struggled to handcuff KAISER, he threw a metal dog food/water bowl at the officers. He was extremely uncooperative. Officers also sustained injuries as a result of KAISER's aggressive behavior.


KAISER is charged with animal cruelty, domestic battery and two counts of resisting law enforcement.


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KAISER’s mugshot provided to Voice or Us by the Evansville Police Department.




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SABRINA MARIA HALE and COLTON RILEY HALE arrested-Dead and emaciated horses found in Coryell County

- Texas, USA -


On the evening of Thursday, August 3, 2023, the Coryell County Sheriff's Office received a call from the owner of a property near Topsey who reported that three horses had died. The woman explained that there were other horses on the property who were alive but she hadn’t seen their guardians since May 2, 2023.

According to a press release by the Coryell County Sheriff's Office, the woman also said that she could not afford to feed the horses and “she did not want any additional deaths.”

According to the woman, her attempts to contact the horses’ guardian were unsuccessful.


The following morning, the CCSO Livestock Deputy responded to the property, met with the owner, and investigated the report.


According to the sheriff’s office, the deputy found eleven (11) live horses who were “in bad shape with bones seen protruding from their heads, ribs, and hips.”


The deputy did not see any hay for the poor horses. The sheriff’s office said the deputy saw several round bale feeders that were empty, as well as “three troughs filled with water and no grass anywhere on the property.”


Walking through the property, the deputy first came across a large brown horse carcass on the north side of the house, and then, as advised by the property owner, two other horse carcasses were located in the northwest pasture.


Given the horses’ living and health conditions, the unsuccessful attempts to contact their guardians, and the property owner’s inability to properly care for the horses, the Voiceless Victims were released to the sheriff’s office and they were removed the following day, August 5, 2023.


Meanwhile, the CCSO Livestock Deputy tried to contact the horses’ guardians with no success.


The rescued horses were examined by a veterinarian on August 8, 2023. According to the sheriff’s office, the vet found the animals to be “very thin, exhibiting signs of malnourishment.”

The vet further reported that he would consider two of the horses to be emaciated and scored each of them a 1/9.


Based on the deputy’s observations and the veterinarian’s assessment, which established probable cause, the Coryell County Sheriff’s Office issued fourteen (14) arrest warrants for 34-years-old COLTON RILEY HALE (pictured), “alleging Cruelty to Livestock Animals (Abandonment - Failure to provide necessary food, water, or care)”, stated the release.


HALE was taken into custody on Thursday, August 17, 2023, on bonds totaling $35,000, and released on Saturday, August 19, 2023.


After HALE’s arrest, the sheriff’s office advised that the investigation into this matter was ongoing and additional arrests were expected.


In fact, the Coryell County Sheriff’s Office has now announced a second arrest in the case. According to a news release, 37-years-old SABRINA MARIA HALE (also pictured), was taken into custody on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, in Palo Pinto County.

The sheriff’s office explained that in addition to the fourteen (14) animal cruelty charges, she is also “facing charges in separate cases involving Burglary of a Habitation, Criminal Mischief and Theft of Property.”

At time of writing, records show that she is being held in the Coryell County Jail on bonds totaling $180,000 on eighteen (18) criminal charges.


The sheriff’s office said that the rescued horses have been surrendered to a 501(c) (3) nonprofit rescue organization.


KCENTV identified the rescue as CenTex Equine Rescue & Rehab in Salado.

KCENTV reports that four of the eleven horses have been adopted and the other seven are gradually recovering.


Brittany Janes, co-founder of CenTex Equine Rescue & Rehab, told KCENTV that when the horses arrived in early September, they were in “rough shape.”

“Bones were visible and she could tell they hadn’t been properly groomed or fed for months”, reports KCENTV.

The poor souls have only been at the rescue for a few weeks, but are already doing much better.

Janes said: “They're all expected to make it. Even the worst ones are healthy, as healthy as they can get and we'll just keep playing it day by day.”


CenTex Equine Rescue & Rehab has started a Donorbox fundraiser to raise money to help cover the costs of treating the horses.

If you wish and can afford to donate, please click here. Thank you!


Coryell County Sheriff Scott A. Williams said. “Sometimes the ideas of neglect or cruelty to animals can be subjective, but this is an apparent case of cruelty through abandonment when the owners made the decision to stop providing even basic care for these horses. We have zero-tolerance for cruelty to animals, whether they be livestock or pets, in Coryell County and I think this situation illustrates that. Our only hope is that these animals continue to improve and can live out their lives in loving, caring homes.”


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