Ohio: Tina Jackson charged with Animal Cruelty after dogs found starved to death, decapitated

OHIO -- The Butler County Sheriff’s Office Dog Wardens received information last week advising that there were several dead animals in the backyard of 1325 Oxford State Road in the City of Middletown.

Upon arrival, they observed a total of four deceased dogs. Two of the dogs were found in dog houses, another one was found in a black plastic tote, along with a decapitated dog’s head. 

The owner, Tina Marie Jackson, 39 year old female, stated she ran out of dog food and she never provided bedding in the dog houses to keep the dogs warm. She did not offer an explanation on the decapitated dog.

Officers had necropsies conducted on all four dogs, three were found to have no food in their stomachs and the cause of death was ruled starvation.

There could not be any determination on cause of death of the severed head due to lack of specimen.

“I am beside myself,” said Sheriff Jones. “Owning one animal and treating it like trash is appalling but this woman had four. I am disgusted that these poor animals suffered and I am glad Ms. Jackson is behind bars.”

The discovery also shocked Jackson’s neighbor, Victoria Sharp.

"We volunteer at a rescue so knowing that that could happen just two doors down really hurts and really affects me," Sharp told WCPO.

Jackson said the animal crates in her backyard were left over from when she helped her ex-husband board and breed dogs. Bowls caked in spaghetti show the last meals the dogs ate.

"I was feeding spaghetti and scraps, trying to feed what I had, you know?" Jackson said.  "I wasn't getting my income that I was supposed to be getting, and I was barely making it to even feed my kids."

Jackson’s neighbor, Victoria Sharp

Sharp said she got a look at Jackson’s dogs when they got loose and went into her yard.

"They didn't look like they were being malnourished or abused," Sharp said. Now, Sharp said, she regrets returning the dogs to Jackson.

"I can't put it into words … it hurts really, really bad knowing that we could have kept them here or found them homes," Sharp said.

One surviving dog is under the care of Joseph's Legacy Animal Rescue.

The only surviving dog

Ms. Jackson was arrested and charged with three counts of felony animal cruelty to companion animals. She was transported to the Middletown City Jail.

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Bailed out of jail, Tina Marie Jackson didn’t have an explanation for the gruesome discovery of a decapitated dog in her backyard.

"How it happened I do not know, and the body … I don't know where it is," Jackson, 39, told WCPO after returning to her Oxford State Road home on Tuesday.

(Breaking911 - February 20, 2018)

North Carolina: Antonio Campbell, 18, accused of torturing puppy before finally chopping its head off in domestic violence incident

NORTH CAROLINA  -- An 18-year-old Fayetteville man used a hatchet to decapitate a puppy during a domestic incident Nov. 17, Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright said.

A 17-year-old woman went to the hospital and complained of pains in her neck after she said she was choked by her boyfriend, 18-year-old Antonio Hollywood Campbell, the sheriff wrote.

The woman told officials she was at her boyfriend’s house on Gillespie Street in Fayetteville when she became upset with Campbell. She went to the bathroom and called her mother for a ride.

Campbell then began accusing his girlfriend of “talking to other men" and took her phone from her.

Wright said Campbell pushed the woman face-down on a bed and sat her back. He then began to squeeze her neck.

 

The woman wrestled herself away from Campbell, but he again grabbed her by the throat, the sheriff said.

Campbell squeezed her neck so hard she could not breathe and lost her vision, Wright said.

The sheriff also said the victim detailed an incident that occurred three weeks prior, in which Campbell said, “Well, if you ain’t gonna be with me, then I am going to kill the dog.”

Campbell is accused of using a leash to swing the dog around in the air and also attaching the leash to a vehicle and dragging the animal, Wright said.

Campell then placed the puppy between two cinder blocks and used a hatchet to decapitate the dog, according to authorities.

The girlfriend said she didn’t initially report him for the dog’s death because she feared for her own life. She contacted authorities after she went to the hospital for neck pain

Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Campbell’s home on Monday, and detectives located the cinder block, hatchet, and remains of the puppy.

 

 

They also found a sawed-off shotgun, the sheriff wrote.

Campbell was charged with domestic violence felony strangulation for the assault on the woman, animal cruelty and possession of a weapon of mass destruction.

A judge set Campbell’s bond at $137,500 secured.

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Wanda Geddie says she was trying to convince her granddaughter to leave a violent relationship when she learned just how great the threat could be.

Geddie said her granddaughter, Jordon Stevens, 17, was living with Antonio Campbell, 18, on Gillespie Street in Fayetteville. The couple was together about three months, Geddie said.

Geddie said she was shocked by the violence and knows her granddaughter was lucky.

“We were in the hospital. I literally cried because I’m thinking: It could have been you,” she told WRAL.

 

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(Ozarks First - Nov 22, 2017)

Ohio: At first it sounds as though dispatchers find the call amusing, but then you hear the terror in this poor woman's voice on the 911 call

OHIO -- Firefighters came to the rescue of an East Lake Road woman when they cut the head off her pet boa constrictor that had wrapped around her neck and was biting her face.

In a 911 call about 2 p.m. Thursday, the woman identifies herself as a 45-year-old who has 11 snakes — all ball pythons, except the two boa constrictors she had rescued Wednesday. She told the dispatcher that the other boa constrictor was in a cage.

Dispatcher: "911, what is the location of your emergency?"

Victim: "Please! I have a boa constrictor stuck to my face!"

Dispatcher: "Ma'am, you have a what??!"

“I’ve never heard of this before,” the dispatcher can be heard saying to emergency responders.

Neighbors on the street declined to comment, although some witnessed the scene after the woman ran outside to wait for EMS.

By that point the snake was wrapped around her waist and biting her face.

When firefighters arrived, the woman was lying in her driveway and the snake had moved from her waist and was now wrapped around her neck, authorities said.

“It was wrapped around her neck and biting her nose and wouldn’t let go,” Fire Chief Tim Card said. “They had to cut its head off with a knife to get it to let go of her face.”

Card said a pocket knife was used to kill the snake, which the woman told authorities was five feet long.

Card said firefighters disposed of the snake in a garbage bin near Sheffield Lake City Hall after it was dead.

Police Chief Tony Campo referred all questions about the incident to the Fire Department and said there would be no police report of the incident.

No one was home at the house about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, but a glass cage was empty on the sidewalk and there was a small puddle of blood in the driveway.

The Fire Department would not release the name of the woman but said she was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

LISTEN TO THE 911 CALL:

(The Chronicle-Telegram - July 27, 2017)

(June 2017) Idaho: Jesse Longoria, 45, tortured and beheaded a cat. A month later he grabbed a woman by the arms, causing bruises. Bingham County prosecutors were willing to throw out the animal torture death charge in exchange for him pleading guilty to grabbing a woman's arms and being in possession of marijuana. Hmm, bruises on arms and some pot vs. torturing and chopping off a cat's head. Which one seems more serious to you?

IDAHO -- A Fort Hall man accused of beheading a cat has backed out of a plea agreement, and now prosecutors are planning to refile an animal cruelty charge.

Jesse Longoria, 45, was in magistrate court in Bingham County for a sentencing hearing Thursday when he requested to withdraw his guilty plea to misdemeanor charges of domestic battery and possession of marijuana.

During the hearing, Longoria claimed he must have been influenced by the unknown substance at the time. Longoria told Magistrate Judge Ryan Boyer he did not want to be known as a “wife beater” and would not have pleaded guilty to such a charge while in a normal state of mind.

Boyer reluctantly allowed Longoria to withdraw his plea.

“The defendant had a prior plea agreement to plead guilty to domestic battery, but he elected to withdraw his guilty plea, which results in both cases being placed back on the docket due the defendant’s inability to follow through with the plea agreement,” Bingham County Prosecuting Attorney Cleve Colson told EastIdahoNews.com.

The domestic battery and marijuana charge stemmed from an April 8 incident where court records show Longoria left several bruises on a woman’s arms by grabbing her tightly.

Bingham County, the shame of Idaho

During that incident, Longoria told family members and police that someone was coming to kill him and that several wounds on his chest were because a vampire had bitten him. Later, when he was booked into the Bingham County Jail, he told officers the wounds were from burning himself. He also told police that he believes the marijuana he smoked was laced, or tampered with some kind of substance and that was likely to blame for his erratic actions.

Prosecutors had worked with Longoria to plead guilty to those charges in exchange for dropping misdemeanor animal cruelty charges stemming from a March 4 incident where he was arrested for allegedly torturing and chopping off a struggling cat's head with a knife. Details of that incident were not available as of Tuesday afternoon.

That agreement was nullified this week when Longoria backed out the agreement, and prosecutors now plan to refile the animal cruelty charge.

When asked about the original animal cruelty charge that was dismissed, Colson said: “Our intention is to seek justice on all charges at this time for the defendant’s conduct.”

Don't you love how they just totally ignored addressing WHY they would even consider dismissing a torture death animal cruelty charge against someone as deviant as Jesse Longoria? Now Colson is trying to behave as though Bingham County Idaho cares about animals. 

Look down at his arrest info: they gave him a measly $300 bond for TORTURING AND KILLING A CAT BY CHOPPING OFF ITS HEAD. WHAT ELSE DID HE DO TO THE CAT, STAB IT REPEATEDLY, STRANGLE IT, SET IT ON FIRE, STOMP ON IT AND BREAK ITS BONES?? Bingham County Idaho does NOT care about animal cruelty.

New hearing dates will be scheduled for Longoria in Bingham County Court. He remains free on bond.

ARREST INFO:
Full Name: Jesse Longoria
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic
Date: 03/16/2017
Time: 1:59 PM
Location: Bingham County, Idaho
Total Bond: $300
Charges
#1 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
BOND: $300

(East Idaho News - June 20, 2017)

Florida: Tina Sandlin, on probation after decapitating her children's pet bunny in front of them in 2012, has been re-arrested on meth charges

FLORIDA -- Back in 2012, Tina Sandlin was at home snorting and/or smoking meth with her two small children in the home. She claimed to her husband that she was "bored" so she grabbed her children's pet bunny rabbit and called them into the room.

Holding the bunny by its ears which caused the bunny to kick in pain and distress, Sandlin began sawing at the bunny's neck, killing it and decapitating it right in front of her crying children (who were about 3 and 6 at the time).

The children told their father and Sandlin was arrested and charged with two counts of Child Abuse for Affliction of Mental Cruelty, Felony Cruelty to Animals, and Resisting an Officer without Violence. The resisting charge came as she was found hiding under a trailer from police when they arrived.

In court, Judge Elijah Smiley felt sorry for Sandlin and instead of sentencing her to prison for multiple years - which he could easily have done as chld abuse is a much harsher sentence than animal cruelty, instead he sent her off for one year of inpatient drug rehab. The judge did say she would be on probation for five years, but then said if she does what she's supposed to, he could end it after just 2.5 years.

Clearly Judge Elijah Smiley is a horrible judge of character because Sandlin has been caught with meth again. Bonus: she's still on probation so she was also charged with violating it. Technically she's supposed to go to jail/prison for the remainder of her term plus whatever new sentences she picks up, but I doubt that will happen. They'll give her a slap on the wrist and send her on her way to continue with the same probation and continue to violate it.

Arrest Information
Full Name: Tina Michelle Sandlin
Alias: Tina Michelle Byng, Tina Byng, Tina Sandlin Byng
Gender: Female
Birthdate: 12/13/1976
Arrest Age: 40
Arrest Date: 05/20/2017
Booking Number: 1313914
Location: Bay County, Florida
Total Bond: $3,000
Charges:

1. Violation Description: POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. Bond Amount: $2,500.00
2. Violation Description: NARCOTIC EQUIP-POSSESS - AND OR USE. Bond Amount: $500.00
3. Violation Description: VIOLATION OF PROBATION/PAROLE (VOP): CHILD ABUSE X2, ANIMAL CRUELTY

Earlier:

• Florida: Tina Sandlin called her children to come to her and then beheaded their pet bunny right in front of them
• Florida: Meth head Tina Sandlin, 36, decapitated her children's pet bunny right in front of them because she says she was "bored". Judge Elijah Smiley gives her probation.

Florida: This is what happens when you give David Rivera, who hanged his mother's Chihuahua to death, probation. Good job, Florida!

FLORIDA -- The headless animals found in a recycling bin in DeBary were part of a cleansing ritual, according to a Volusia sheriff’s report.

Probation Officer Justine Matherly told deputies she’d gone to 90 Dirksen Drive to check on her probationer, David Rivera, on the evening of May 16 when she noticed blood on Rivera’s head, according to the report.

Rivera, 25, claimed a "cleansing ritual" was taking place.

Sitting around the headless animals, which included birds, a goat and a turtle, were members of Rivera’s family who told Matherly they were performing a ritual abuse and torture of animals to cleanse Rivera of the schizophrenic thoughts he’d been having, according to the report.

The animal remains were found in a recycling bin on Toms Road by a bicyclist the morning after the ritual, according to the report. The incident remains under investigation.

Rivera was sentenced in November to five years of probation for felony animal cruelty, records show.

In April 2016, he was in an eight-hour standoff with deputies after he hanged his mother’s dog then threatened to hang himself.

Events began after Rivera, 24, was arguing with his mother at her home at 90 Dirksen Drive over his unemployment, according to the sheriff's report.

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That's when he dragged a 5-year-old Chihuahua named Benji out to the tree in his mother's backyard and dropped it from a limb with a metal chain around its neck, the report states, hanging it to death.

But then events took another turn and David, a former Deltona High School student, climbed 30 feet into the oak tree, tied a metal cable around his neck, swung the other end around a limb and threatened to jump, deputies said.

Too bad he didn't.

The 49-year-old mother of five sons immediately called 9-1-1.

"I have an emergency in my house. My son is crazy. He killed one of the dogs," cried Belica Rivera in the call as she tried to get emergency services to come out to her home, just across the street from Gemini Springs Dog Park.

Belica Rivera said she was urging her son to make money to help support two children he fathered — a son who lives with his mom in Indiana and a daughter who lives with her mother in Deltona.

Full Name: David Noell Rivera
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic
Birthdate: 10/19/1991
Address: 90 Dirksen Dr, DeBary, Florida 32713
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Arrest Age: 25
Date:05/25/2017
Time: 2:10 PM
Arresting Agency: Volusia County Sheriff's Office
Charges
#1 FELONY CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
STATUTE: 828.12(2)(a)

(CB Emerald Coast - May 25, 2017)

Earlier:

• Florida: David Rivera hangs his mom's dog, threatens suicide in standoff up a tree

Australia: Two decapitated platypuses found in botanical gardens and a third is killed in sick case of animal cruelty

AUSTRALIA -- Three dead platypuses have been found in what is believed to be a shocking case of animal cruelty at the hands of a serial perpetrator.

The animals were discovered over the past six weeks in Albury botanic gardens in southern New South Wales, with the most recent finding coming on Wednesday.

Two of them had been intentionally decapitated with a sharp object, Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service Murray River secretary Hazel Cook said.

She told Daily Mail Australia she believes the perpetrators are catching the animals about a kilometre away and putting them on display for the public to see.

'There are no waterways that go into the gardens. We do have platypus that are found in the Murray River,' Ms Cook said.

'So someone has caught them and they've taken them to the botanic gardens. To me that sounds like they wanted them to be found. They could have easily just tossed them in the river.'

Ms Cook says it isn't possible that the platypus were killed by another animal.

'The first thing I thought was that everyone was going to think that foxes had done it, but it wasn't,' she said.

'You could see where someone has used an implement to cut and they went into the hard bone of the vertebrae. We can't tell if they were alive if when their heads were cut off. What they did with the head I don't know - it wasn't left there.'

Ms Cook said she believes it is the same person or persons that is committing the heartless act.

(Daily Mail - April 11, 2017)

Puerto Rico: Luis Arroyo, 40, bit off the head of his girlfriend's Chihuahua, and then punched her in the face say police

PUERTO RICO -- A man in Puerto Rico has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a series of horrific crimes.

Luis Arroyo, 40, bit off the head of his girlfriend's Chihuahua, and then punched her in the face.

Authorities said Tuesday that a judge also ordered Arroyo to pay a $3,000 fine in the case that included domestic abuse and mistreatment of an animal.

Arroyo had pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend, who owned the dog.

The incident occurred in February around 3:30 in the morning on a weekend in the western mountain town of Lares.

The municipality is located about an hour-and-a-half from San Juan.

According to Primera Hora, the two had been living together for about six months, and he had no history of domestic abuse.

Arroyo, who is unemployed, was unable to originally post his bail which was set at $400,000.

He is now being held at Las Cucharas Correctional Complex.

 

(Daily Mail - March 28, 2017)

Pennsylvania: Brady Pfeiffer, Jeffrey Everitt and Michelle Lorish cleared of butchering pit bulls; case heads in 'different direction'

PENNSYLVANIA -- Three Easton people charged with decapitating one pit bull, cutting another in half and dumping the carcasses on railroad tracks didn't kill or dump the dogs, according to a prosecutor.

Northampton County Assistant District Attorney Richard Pepper said Michelle Lorish, Brandy Pfeiffer and Jeff Paul Everitt "set in motion events" that led to the dogs' death and disposal but weren't guilty of killing them or disposing of them.

Pepper said Everitt passed a convincing lie detector test. After that, he and the women provided police "additional information" that shed light on the crime.

Pepper wouldn't divulge the information but said it possibly concerns others involved in the crime.

"We may proceed in a different direction as a result of this information," he said Friday.

Whoever beat these dogs to death needs to be charged. 

As a result, he let Pfeiffer and Lorish withdraw their no-contest pleas to conspiring to commit animal cruelty. Each of the three pleaded guilty to obstruction of highways, a summary offense. Judge Craig Dally fined each of them $100.

"In good conscience, I couldn't go forward with this prosecution on the charges as they currently existed," Pepper said.

Someone allegedly beat the dogs over the head, then dumped them on railroad tracks in Lower Saucon Township to make it look like they had been killed by a train.

The dogs were found dead Dec. 5, 2015, near Riverside Drive and Redington Road. One had a severed head and the other was cut in half. A necropsy proved each dog died from head injuries.

Lorish, 37, of the first block of North Warren Street, previously told police she owned the dogs and wanted them disposed of. Pfeiffer, 41, and Everitt, 45, live together in the 1100 block of Ferry Street.

Had the dogs been euthanized lawfully, no one would have been charged, Pepper said.

Earlier:

• Pennsylvania: Brady Pfeiffer, Jeffrey Everitt and Michelle Lorish charged with animal cruelty after dead pit bulls found

United Kingdom: Frank Lewis, 18, stole 10 cats from a cat rescue. He tortured them, stabbing them in their legs to prevent them escaping while he turned his dogs loose to attack and maul them to death

UNITED KINGDOM -- A sadistic teen stole cats from an animal sanctuary to use as “live bait” for his dogs to kill.

Frank Lewis, 18, cut the cats’ legs to slow them.

A court heard he stole ten cats. Three were found dead and another three are missing.

Prosecutor Georgina Buckley said: “He used the cats for sport.”

Sanctuary owner Theresa Ahmed called Lewis “pure evil”.

Georgina Buckley, prosecuting, said: “Lewis essentially used the cats for sport. He used his dogs to hunt down and kill them.

“He caused lacerations to the cats himself to try and hinder their escape.”

He admitted burglary and criminal damage at Swansea Crown Court.

Judge Hopkins said: “You tortured a sheep before beheading it, and then took a photo such was your satisfaction at what had been done.

 

“You then broke into a cat sanctuary and stole 10 cats. You used them as bait for your dogs.

“They are acts of great cruelty amounting to sadism.”

Lewis, of Croeserw, near Port Talbot, was sentenced to 30 months in a young offenders’ institute.

His 15-year-old accomplice, who was found not to have taken part in the killing of the cats, was given a nine month curfew order earlier this month.

FRANK LEWIS AND HIS FRIENDS HAVE THE TRADEMARKS OF A SERIAL KILLER:

According to pet-abuse.com, animal abusers are five times more likely to commit violent crimes than non-abusers and violent childhood and adolescent offenders against animals are likely to repeat the criminal behavior as they become adults. Studies have shown that most serial killers tortured animals as children.

  

 

(The Sun - Jan 23, 2017)

New York: John Gehrlein, 45, accused of killing cat, nearly decapitating it

NEW YORK -- A local man is now facing a felony charges after police say he killed his cat intentionally and in a gruesome way.

Police say they found the cat dead in the yard of a home on Ryckman Ave with its head nearly severed from its body and only being held on by its spinal cord.

The Albany County Sheriff’s Department had a mugshot on file for John Gehrlein, 45, who also goes by the name of Jakob Spearfisher. He’s now being charged with a Class E felony under Buster’s Law for the killing of his cat.

“It’s just trying to, you know, you’re at a loss for words,” said neighbor Owusu Anane. “What is the reasoning behind this?”

Those who live near Gehrlein’s home on Ryckman Avenue where the crime took place were shocked when they were hold what had happened.

“Just hearing this story is disheartening,” said Anane. “You wouldn’t expect it living in this neighborhood.”

Albany police spokesperson Steve Smith says officers responded to a call that appears to have come from Gehrlein’s neighbors and what they found was alarming.

“It appeared that its neck had been cut with some sort of sharp object to the point where it was almost decapitated,” Smith explained.

They felony charge Gehrlein now faces falls under Buster’s Law, something Senator-elect Jim Tedisco pushed heavily for during his time in the assembly.

“I’d like to say I was shocked, but I wasn’t because we’ve seen this happen all too often,” Tedisco said.

He says often people who hurt animals in a cruel way, go on to hurt humans. That’s why he says it’s best for people like this to be off the streets and Gehrlein’s neighbors agree.

“It raises concern,” said Anane. “It’s very alarming and I hope this individual gets the help that they deserve.”

Police are still unsure what prompted the crime. Gehrlein was arraigned Friday morning and bail was set at $15,000.

Senator-elect Tedisco says he thinks even more serious laws need to be put in place to prevent crimes like this.

(News10 - Dec 23, 2016)

Australia: Bradley Presbury, 20, and Reece Parke, 22, charged with animal cruelty, accused of raping a pet pig and torturing to death seven chickens

AUSTRALIA -- Bradley Presbury, 20, and Reece Parke, 22, have been charged with bestiality and torture after they allegedly molested a pig named Polly and tortured several chickens at a farm in Nimbin on the New South Wales north coast.

When Presbury and Parke appeared in Lismore Local Court on Friday they were both refused bail. Both men will remain behind bars over Christmas and until January 17 when they are due to reappear in court.

 

Workers at Nimbin farm Djanbung Permaculture Gardens made the gruesome discovery on Wednesday, December 15. Owner Robyn Francis told the Gold Coast Bulletin she discovered the animals when she went to feed them at 7.30am.

She said she saw dead chickens, some with their heads decapitated, strewn across the barn.  

Two of her heritage chickens also appeared to have had their necks severed with a blade and thrown into the pig's house. 

The pig, a family pet, suffered bruising and swelling to the rear of her body, had a chunk of hair ripped out near her right shoulder and was finding it difficult to walk following the attack. 

“She has nasty injuries on her face and nose, near her eye and on her rump.”

Ms Francis also told the Northern Star Polly retreated to her pig house and didn't come out at all the following day.

Both Presbury and Parke were on parole when they allegedly committed the crime on Wednesday last week, the Northern Star reports.

Presbury's lawyer Steve Bolt sought a non-publication order from the magistrate in the hope his client's identity would be suppressed, but he was unsuccessful.

The police prosecutor argued it was in the community's interest to know details of the crimes and the alleged offenders, the Northern Star reports.

Six people were sleeping just 50 metres away from the animal barn when the gruesome attack took place, the Northern Star reports.

Ms Francis said she did not hear anything during the attack but realised the morning after Polly the pig had been muzzled to prevent her from making any sound.

'She's so friendly and trusting of people.'

(Mogaznews - Dec 22, 2016)