Thursday, June 9, 2016

Oklahoma: Sheila Chestnutt gets seven years in prison for animal cruelty, child abuse

OKLAHOMA -- Back in 2015, police arrived at the home of Sheila Chestnutt and her husband Vernon Chestnutt.

What they saw was appalling:

Police discovered roaches all over the floor of the house, walls, animal feces on the air vents on the living room floor on the bottom shelf of the door, rotting food in a refrigerators, dishes that still had food leftovers in the sink collecting mold and roaches and no bedding on the futons the three children slept on, nor any pillows.



While on scene, officers located four dogs that were inside a vehicle on the property and they discovered one of them deceased from the heat and three others in critical condition, the report said. 

A Minco Animal Control Officer transported the three breathing dogs to the Animal Emergency Center in Oklahoma City, where another one of the three dogs died.

Yesterday, Sheila Chestnutt began her prison sentence at the Mabel Correctional Center in McCloud, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections doesn't specify how long she'll be there, but most people in prison on these types of charges only do about 1/3 of the time listed. Plus, the sentences are probably to be served concurrently (at the same time) rather than consecutively (one after the other). If it were just animal cruelty convictions, she likely wouldn't be in prison. However, the element of the children living in a filthy meth house is what got her in serious trouble that demanded prison time.


Offender: Sheila Chestnutt
Gender: Female
Race: American Indian
Height: 5 ft 4 in
Weight: 134 lbs
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Blue
Birth Date: 7/28/1972
OK DOC#: 741888

#1
Court: GRADY COUNTY COURT
Offense: CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Conviction date: 02/16/2016
Term: 5 Years
Term code: Incarceration
Sentence begins: 6/8/2016

#2
Court: GRADY COUNTY COURT
Offense: CHILD ABUSE (85%)
Conviction date: 02/16/2016
Term: 13 Years
Term code: Probation
Sentence begins: 02/16/2016

#3
Court: GRADY COUNTY COURT
Offense: CHILD ABUSE (85%)
Conviction date: 02/16/2016
Term: 7 Years
Term code: Incarceration
Sentence begins: 06/08/2016



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