Kenneth Huffaker, a Goshen Township resident, is charged with four counts of animal cruelty and three counts of failing to dispose of dead animals.
Huffaker lives on 6749 Plum St., but he owns land in Clinton County – where the alleged offenses took place.
Authorities found four dead horses and cow carcasses on his farm in September. Officials also discovered starving horses, goats, sheep and a cow, according to an Associated Press report.
Huffaker was on probation from different animal cruelty charges earlier this year.
Anthony Baker, his attorney, was unable to be reached for comment.
Court documents indicate Huffaker appeared in Clinton County court Nov. 6, but his pretrial was continued and is now set for Dec. 18.
“That’s sad because the Huffaker you know isn’t the Huffaker who did that,” said Lois Pappas Swift, a newly elected Goshen trustee.
Swift knew Huffaker from a few fundraisers he did through Heritage Hall Banquet Center, which she owns.
“I thought he was an OK guy,” Swift said.
Huffaker is a member of the Goshen Citizens Police Academy and was a member of the township board of zoning appeals until he resigned in October.
“This board put pressure on him (to resign),” said Jim Allen, a former trustee.
When Administrator Ray Snyder presented Huffaker’s resignation to the township trustees no reason was given and there was no discussion about it.
Trustees voted unanimously to accept his resignation before quickly moving onto the next agenda item.
Snyder did not return a message asking about Huffaker.
Looking beyond recent charges, Huffaker faced 15 criminal cases regarding zoning violations in Goshen Township from 1998 to 2008.
“We fought him every year (over zoning issues) when I was a trustee,” Allen said.
But Allen ran into Huffaker on Election Day and said, “Talking to (him), he’s not a bad guy. I can’t believe he would do something like that.”
(Cincinnati.com - Nov 14, 2013)
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