A Florida woman was arrested on Monday, a day after she allegedly assaulted her ex-boyfriend and threw his pug seven stories to his death. Shelley Vaughn, 46, reportedly hurled Eric Adeson’s 3-year-old pug off the balcony of Adeson’s Clearwater Beach apartment on Sunday. Adeson told WTVT that Vaughn had been drinking and using drugs before …
Over 80 dogs have been rescued from an illegal dogfighting operation that apparently spanned across numerous states. According to police, the operation spanned across several areas in New York, including the city, as we all Connecticut and Massachusetts. ABC 7 reports that detectives infiltrated “the ring to bring it down from the inside.” “The defendants, …
A former Florida veterinarian pleaded guilty Thursday to torturing animals in his care and possessing child pornography. Prentiss Madden, 40, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography, animal torture, child pornography possession, and the creation of an animal crush video, according to the Southern District of Florida United States Attorney’s Office. Madden was the medical …
William ‘Bubba’ Hodge was arrested in Daytona Beach on Thursday
A 77-year-old Arizona woman has died after she was attacked on her front porch by her neighbor’s dogs. Eliza “Maria” Sebastian Ruiz was found unresponsive on the ground in a Phoenix neighborhood Tuesday morning, with “four Staffordshire terrier-mix dogs” surrounding her, News 13 reports. She was rushed to the hospital where she passed away from …
A Pennsylvania man was arrested on Friday for allegedly shooting his dog and grilling its corpse outside his home. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Northampton Township police responded to Nikolay Lukyanchikov’s home amid reports of an open fire in his front yard. An arrest affidavit stated that responding officers found Lukyanchikov, 48, “incredibly intoxicated” to …
A Florida veterinarian who was arrested on Tuesday for possessing child porn also sexually abused dogs, according to federal authorities. WFOR reported that Prentiss Madden, 40, the medical director of Caring Hands Animal Hospital in Aventura, is accused of acquiring and distributing child pornography between May 2018 and February 24 of this year. He is …
Lady Gaga has offered a $500,000 reward for the safe return of her dogs — no questions asked
Florida officials announced Monday that they are offering a $5,000 reward for information after a manatee was reportedly spotted Sunday with the word “TRUMP” carved into its back. The Center for Biodiversity said in a statement that they are offering the reward after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife indicated that someone scratched the word into …
A former California resident admitted in court Monday to fatally shooting a northern elephant seal last year, violating federal law. The U.S. District’s Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a statement obtained by NBC News that Jordan Gerbich, 30, pleaded guilty to taking a marine mammal for shooting the seal on a …
A Connecticut woman was arrested Tuesday amid allegations that police found dozens of animals, alive and dead, in her home in October. According to the Fairfield Daily Voice, a warrant was issued for Donna Scirocco, 59, on October 26 after Hamden police and animal control units from multiple cities executed a search warrant at Scirocco’s …
