Alabama: Quenton Mathis pleads guilty to starving his pit bulls until they were skeletons and eating each other before dying. Then fails a drug test, but now wants probation

ALABAMA -- A Headland man pleaded guilty Thursday to six felony counts of Aggravated Animal Cruelty and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Quenton Mathis was arrested in December after Henry County Sheriff’s investigators said they found dogs dead or near death at his home. They suffered from starvation.

 

 

 

Quenton Eugene Mathis

“It’s the worst case of animal abuse I’ve ever seen,” said Sheriff Office Lieutenant Steve Culbreth said shortly after the dogs were discovered.

  

He said some dogs were surviving by eating the carcasses of others that had died.

Investigator Keith Cauthen told WTVY he initially went to the home to check on the welfare of a child believed living there with at least one parent. That’s when he found the starving dogs.

 

 

 

 

  

 

Mathis was jailed Thursday after failing a court ordered drug test.

He was also jailed earlier this week for reporting late for a hearing. He was released after serving 24 hours for contempt of court.

A probation hearing has been set in November.

Mathis’ wife, Ashley Mathis, is awaiting trial on similar charges.

(WTVY - Oct 6, 2016)

Earlier:

• Alabama: One pit bull eats another leading to animal cruelty arrests for Ashley Mathis and Quenton Mathis
• Alabama: One dog in Henry County animal cruelty case dies. Owners Ashley Mathis and Quenton Mathis charged