Tina Ingram was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty on Aug. 7, after Amy Fondren told deputies she intentionally locked her cats Sipsey and Brave in a hot vehicle.
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| Tina Ingram |
Ingram, 42, remained in a conference area and never entered the courtroom Wednesday morning. Her attorney entered the not guilty plea on her behalf.
Ingram has until Oct. 31 to accept or decline a plea deal offered by the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney’s Office.
If she accepts the deal and pleads guilty, Ingram would serve 90 days in county jail and pay a $150 fine. She would be sentenced to an additional 90-day suspended sentence that she would’t serve unless she violates a two-year probation period.
The case will go to trial if she declines the offer.
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| Amy Fondren |
Fondren said that her cats disappeared after a dispute with Ingram. She filed a report with the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office after she said Ingram’s daughter broke into her home, but didn’t press charges. The families lived side-by-side at Sipsey Valley Townhomes in Buhl.
Someone who lived in Ingram’s home told Fondren that Ingram had locked the cats in a carrier and later dumped their bodies on the side of Gainesville Road after they died.
Someone who lived in Ingram’s home told Fondren that Ingram had locked the cats in a carrier and later dumped their bodies on the side of Gainesville Road after they died.
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| Ingram |
“The way they died was just horrible,” Fondren said Wednesday. “No animal should ever have to go through anything like that. They suffered a great deal, and we have as well.”
(tuscaloosa News - Sept 4, 2013)
people keep your cats indoors!!! psychos like TINA INGRAM are everywhere.
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