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QUENTIN GAJUAN CALHOUN-POPE arrested after a dog was found dead in the backyard of a Lynchburg home

- Virginia, USA -

 

On September 27, 2024, the Lynchburg Police Department’s Animal Control Unit responded to a residence in the 1500 Block of Bedford Avenue to investigate a call regarding a deceased dog in the backyard of the residence.

 

Responding officers found the deceased dog and subsequently applied for a search warrant to conduct a thorough investigation of the property.

 

Upon execution of the search warrant, the deceased dog was removed and a necropsy was performed to determine the cause of death. According to the media release by the Lynchburg Police Department results “provided critical evidence in the case” but did not elaborate on that.

 

As a result of the investigation, on October 11, 2024, police arrested 28-year-old QUENTIN GAJUAN CALHOUN-POPE (pictured).

 

CALHOUN-POPE  was charged with felony animal cruelty and booked into the Blue Ridge Regional Jail.

At the time of writing, online records show that CALHOUN-POPE was released after posting bond.

 

Police did not disclose additional information about the furvictim, so I emailed them to learn more. In an email, I was told: “Currently, it's still an active and ongoing criminal investigation, and we are unable to provide details beyond what we have shared in the original news release.”

 

Lynchburg Police ask anyone who has information about this incident to contact the department at (434) - 455 - 6050, or Crime Stoppers at (888) - 798 - 5900. Thank you!

 

I took the liberty of naming the furvictim Sprinkles for the tribute image. Should his/her given name be made public, I will rectify it accordingly.

 

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REWARD offered for information on the monster(s) who abandoned 3 kittens in a trash compactor

- Virginia, USA -

 

The Animal Legal Defense Fund, an American legal advocacy organization for animals, is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the monster(s) who abandoned three helpless kittens.

 

In a press release the organization said that the furvictims were left to die in a trash compactor near the Darlington Heights convenience site in Prince Edward County. On the morning of May 23, 2024, a local attendant heard the only surviving kitten meowing and found her “clinging to life” in an orange plastic bag where her siblings were sadly discovered lifeless.

 

In a Facebook post, Prince Edward County Animal Care and Control said: “If it weren’t for the attendant at the site who heard meowing coming from the compactor, then all would have perished.”

 

The kitten, named Zoey, was bathed and brought to a local veterinarian for examination. According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, she “has been adopted into a loving home, and is doing very well.”

 

Animal Legal Defense Fund Managing Attorney David B. Rosengard said: “Abandoning kittens in a trash compactor not only leaves them to die a painful death, but is also a criminal violation of Virgina’s cruelty code. We are hopeful that members of the community are able to come forward with information that will lead to justice for these animals and prevent similar actions in the future.”

 

Prince Edward County Animal Control and the Prince Edward County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the incident and are reaching out to the public to come forward with information that can identify the heartless and soulless individual(s) responsible for this heinous crime.

 

Prince Edward County’s Chief Animal Control Officer Adam Mumma said: “We are beyond grateful for the support of the Animal League Defense Fund for posting a reward for this heinous crime that occurred in our community. The County is committed to bringing this individual to justice. We urge anyone with information to please contact Prince Edward County Animal Control at 434-223-7310.”

 

If you know who did it, do the right thing and speak up or you are just as guilty!

 

The names of the deceased furvictims were not disclosed, so I took the liberty of naming them Cherry and Kiwi for the tribute image. Should their given names be made public, I will rectify them accordingly.

 

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ASHLEIGH MARIE HUTTON and JAMES DONALD LIPSCOMB found not guilty –Two dogs left in hot car, one died

Updated: Oct 20, 2024

- Virginia, USA -

 

Animals get abandoned, starved to death, dragged behind vehicles, left in hot cars, drowned alive, buried alive, used in fights, left tethered in cold and hot weather, confined in cages covered in their own urine and feces, burned, shot, punched, stabbed, kicked, set on fire, put in ovens, put in dryers, raped, thrown out of vehicles, left in freezing cold vehicles, mistreated on farms, neglected in zoos, forced to perform in circuses and theme parks, illegally hunted in front of their moms and siblings resulting in families being separated, and much more.

 

Too often when an animal cruelty case is presented before a judge, the abuser is not punished severely enough or they are not punished at all. In many cases, we know all too well, they abuse again.

 

This is one of the cases where the precious life of an innocent dog meant absolutely nothing to the ones whose responsibility was the dog’s wellbeing, and to the ONE who had the power to teach the abusers a lesson!

 

On the early afternoon of June 25, 2023, the Roanoke Police Department received reports about two dogs locked inside a parked vehicle in the 100 block of Luck Avenue SW.

 

Responding officers immediately started working to open the vehicle to attend to the dogs as one of them appeared to be unresponsive.

 

When eventually ASHLEIGH MARIE HUTTON and JAMES DONALD LIPSCOMB (both pictured) arrived at the scene, an officer was finally able to enter the vehicle.

 

One of the two dogs, a Bulldog named Meech, was alert. Sadly, the other dog, a bulldog named Cookie, was dead. Cookie was taken to the Roanoke Police Department as evidence and HUTTON and LIPSCOMB were arrested.

 

The pair were charged with one misdemeanor animal cruelty charge for leaving Meech in a locked car unattended on a hot day, and one felony count of animal cruelty for Cookie’s death.

 

According to 10 News, officers were sent to the couple’s home and removed two more of their dogs. The news outlet further reports that “RPD Animal Wardens then filed a petition for custody on all the remaining animals.”

 

Let’s fast forward to June 17, 2024, when HUTTON and LIPSCOMB were found not guilty in a bench trial.

 

WDBJ reports that during the trial, Commonwealth’s Attorney Joshua Dietz argued HUTTON and LIPSCOMB “willingly subjected the animals to abuse by leaving them in the car for nearly 40 minutes while they ate lunch at Texas Tavern…”

 

One of the responding officers, officer Gardner, testified he immediately noticed both dogs panting in the vehicle. As reported by WDBJ, “Body cam footage reveals Officer Gardner putting his hand in the car and saying, ‘It’s hot in here’.”

 

The veterinarian who performed the necropsy on Cookie testified she died from heatstroke.

 

During closing statements, Commonwealth’s Attorney Joshua Dietz highlighted the timeline of events leading to Cookie’s death and argued HUTTON and LIPSCOMB willingly inflicted pain on the dogs by leaving them for so long. He rightfully said: “they should have known better.”

 

After over three hours of testimony, judge John Cristopher Clemens questioned the judgment of HUTTON and LIPSCOMB and said, “Why would you leave your dogs in the car at all? . . . It just makes no sense if you care about your animals.” And yet, he dismissed the case on the grounds of the Commonwealth lacking enough evidence to prove animal cruelty beyond a reasonable doubt for both charges.


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