Thursday, November 17, 2016

Texas: Sheriff's Office apprehends animal cruelty suspect convicted animal hoarder Brenda Luellen

TEXAS -- The Tom Green County Sheriff's Office was able to apprehend Brenda Lois Luellen on Wednesday after appealing for the public's aid locating her.

ARREST INFO:
Full name: Brenda Lois Luellen
Aliases: Brenda Luellen, Brenda Kenney
Sex: Female
Race: White
Birthdate: 08/07/1951


It sent out a bulletin Wednesday naming Luellen (aka Brenda Kenney), 65, as a wanted person, indicted in connection with cruelty to livestock animals (horses) with two or more previous convictions.

Deputies took Luellen into custody about 6:30 p.m. in north San Angelo.


However, had it not been for her son, Walter Bryan Turner, 43, that arrest may have happened sooner.

TGCSO Chief Deputy Dale Pearce said Walter Turner was arrested for hindering apprehension or prosecution of a felon.

"Our investigators went out there and they interviewed (he goes by Bryan) Turner," said Pearce. "He was advised that there was a felony warrant for [Luellen's] arrest. He provided false information concerning her location. He told us that she was in Washington State."

When Luellen was arrested last night, Chief Deputy Pearce said Turner was driving the truck that TGCSO deputies found her in.




He added, "He was given a business card with a man's name on it, his title and a phone number, and was told, 'If you're contacted, or if she comes home, you contact us,' and he knew it. He knew we had a felony warrant for her arrest. He aided her in evading arrest."

As a result of his actions, Turner was arrested for the crime, a third degree felony.

THIS IS WHY ANIMAL CRUELTY LAWS ARE A JOKE

Chief Deputy Pearce said the not-so-funny thing about this situation is Luellen's bond set at $5,000 FOR STARVING ANIMALS OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS, despite her previous convictions for animal cruelty and hoarding. However, for his offense of hindering Luellen's arrest, Turner's bond is set at $10,000.

"He's in worse trouble than his mother," said Pearce.


Pearce mentioned that the previous case involving the 12 horses was one of the worst cruelty to animal cases he has seen in his life.

"I was the one who arrested her last time, and this is her third offense," he noted.

Brenda Luellen's indictment stems from a July incident in which a dozen horses were removed from her property after investigators found that they were severely malnourished.


Cruelty to livestock animals is a state jail felony if the person charged has previously been convicted under section 42.092 of the Texas State Penal Code.

Luellen has been the subject of previous complaints about animal cruelty going back several years.





Her husband Arthur Kenney who keeps helping her abuse animals

(Standard Times - Nov. 16, 2016)

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