“It’s one of the most horrible things that I have ever been through with animals,” Kamins, of Angier, said in an interview Wednesday.
All but one of the cats had been checked out of the Cumberland County Animal Shelter, a shelter official said.
Prosecutors say the cats were then dumped, not far from Perezlazaro’s Johnston County home, in late November by Terry Beasley and Tamara Perezlazaro (aka Tammy Griffin and about 15 other aliases) at Cornwallis Road near Interstate 40 in Garner.
Only nine of them have been rescued, Kamins said.
Note: A lot of times prosecutors initially only charge one count in order to get them in front of a judge while they continue with the investigation. Misdemeanor animal cruelty is considered a property crime- the same level of crime for someone who shoplifted a DVD from Walmart (I know. It's pathetic.). However, there could be more charges coming - including much more serious FELONY charges for fraud, theft, etc.
PETITION: "Seek maximum sentence for animal-abusing NC couple"
NOTE: Aliases for Tammy Griffin:
Tamara Elisa Perez Lazaro
Tamara Perezlazaro
Tamara Perez Lazaro
Tamara Perez
Tammy Perez
Tammy Perez Lazaro
Tammy Perezlazaro
Tammy Elisa Lazaro
Tamara Elisa Lazaro
Tamara Lazaro
Tammy Lazaro
Tamara Griffin
Tammy Griffin
Tamara Hallenbeck
Tamara Elisa Hallenbeck
Tammy Hallenbeck
Tamara Elisa House
Tamara House
Tammy House
After being dumped, some of the friendlier cats made their way to nearby homes, clawing at doors to find food and a warm place to sleep, she said.
Kamins, an animal advocate, and fellow volunteers have been working almost daily to find the remaining cats, crawling on the ground through December’s cold and wet weather to set traps with sardines.
“I have never been through this with animals,” she said. “I am completely exhausted, and I have never cried so much.”
Many of the cats were microchipped, said Jennifer Hutchinson-Tracy the shelter manager for Cumberland County Animal Control.
Hutchinson-Tracy had an understanding with Perezlazaro, that she would be allowed to adopt cats from Cumberland County if she agreed to rehome or send the cats to reputable rescues, she said.
“(Perezlazaro) was to keep us updated as to where the cats went and was not to have more than 9 of these cats in her home at any time to keep in compliance with the Animal Welfare Act,” Hutchinson-Tracy said.
OK and before you gave her the next set of cats, did you bother to check and verify that she had indeed found homes for the previous group you'd given her? Did you call any of the people listed that supposedly adopted these cats? Did you verify anything???
The shelter relies on people like Perezlazaro during busy times of the year to take care of cats when the shelter nears full capacity, Hutchinson-Tracy said.
The Cumberland County shelter can handle a maximum of between 150 and 200 kittens and at some points, nearly 75 to 100 additional kittens are in foster homes, she said.
NEARLY 80 CATS GIVEN TO THEM IN JUST 8 MONTHS' TIME!!
Between March and November 2016, Perezlazaro had adopted 79 cats under their agreement, Hutchinson-Tracy said.
One cat, that was not dumped off in November, was taken back to the Cumberland County shelter from Perezlazaro’s home, Hutchinson-Tracy said.
Perezlazaro is no longer allowed to adopt any more cats from the Cumberland County shelter.
Instead of telling us this woman is not allowed to adopt any more cats... DUH... why don't you tell us that you are completely changing the way you hand over animals with no verification that the person has actually found a home for the previous animal you gave them, that no one thought it odd that some hick and her boyfriend were able to supposedly find all these great adopters for these cats when you - the shelter - weren't able to. Tell us you'll have consequences for shelter staff who were responsible for this huge error which resulted in cats dying and being abandoned to starve to death, be hit by cars, attacked by dogs and coyotes... Tell us more than "Oh she can't adopt from us any more."
“You never know,” said Tracy. “We’ve had animals resurface after months and years, so it’s still possible.”
Johnston County District Attorney Susan Doyle said her office is still looking into the case and more charges could be filed, WRAL reported.
Kamins said she plans to keep looking for the missing felines, and encouraged people with information about the cats to call 919-889-0085.
If the shelter gave them 79 cats and we know that 16 were dumped, where are the rest??? The shelter hasn't made any statement saying they've verified the locations of the other cats. They may have been dumping them all along in order to get cat food and supplies that they apparently were flipping on Facebook group pages. I'm glad the cats were microchipped so at least even if they find a deceased cat, they can trace it, and not keep looking for that one.
When I read this article, the first thing I thought was that these might be the poor cats:
Cats found dead, injured from gunshot wounds in Burke County, North Carolina
Who's to say that they weren't doing this in other locations, though, with cats that weren't microchipped? This article from May 2016 is in Rockingham County. That's not too far away from Johnston County.
Eleven dead cats found in crates at separate locations in Rockingham County, North Carolina
Kathy Couture Strachan Kamins added 3 new photos — feeling determined in Angier, North Carolina. January 15, 2017 at 3:17pm ·
TAMARA LAZARO, PEREZ, GRIFFIN, (and whatever other aliases she's using to get around the system to sell her rescue supplies and maybe, just maybe, on the prowl for more cats? Who REALLY knows?!?! We just CAN'T take ANY chances!!!), and her so-called boyfriend, TERRY RAY BEASLEY, are being charged with 16 Counts of ANIMAL CRUELTY AND 16 Counts of ANIMAL ABANDONMENT!!
They are scheduled to be in Court on Tuesday, January 24th at the Johnston County Court House and we, those of us who have tirelessly been working on rescuing these PURRECIOUS, poor and innocent cats from the very beginning, Deleon Sylvia, Kellie Wester, and SO many more, would GREATLY appreciate it if you could come out and STAND STRONG WITH US!!!
We will be there with posters, going on Facebook with LIVE videos and into the courtroom to make sure we do EVERYTHING possible to ensure they get what's coming to them!! PLEASE, WON'T YOU COME WITH US?!?! LET'S MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET AWAY WITH JUST A SLAP ON THE WRIST! WE'RE STILL MISSING 8 CATS AND THIS IS JUST HEARTBREAKING
ALLEGED ALIASES
TAMARA PEREZLAZARO AKA TAMARA GRIFFIN:
Tamara Elisa Perez Lazaro's North Carolina Voter Registration
Note the address listed: 130 Pond Circle, Willow Spring, NC 27592
Benson, North Carolina
Willow Spring, North Carolina
Smithfield, North Carolina
Clayton, North Carolina
Four Oaks, North Carolina
PREVIOUS ADDRESSES FOR TAMARA HOUSE HALLENBECK:
Clayton, North Carolina
Four Oaks, North Carolina
TAMARA HOUSE HALLENBECK is listed as being related to JOSHUA HALLENBECK
Joshua Hallenbeck is listed as being related to TAMARA HALLENBECK and JOHNNY GRIFFIN.
Name: Tamara Perez-lazaro
Full Name: Tamara Elisa Perez-lazaro
Arrest Date: 05-31-2012
Arresting Agency: SMPD
County: Johnston County, North Carolina
Charge:
#1 SHOPLIFTING / CONCEALMENT GOODS, MISDEMEANOR
Full Name: Tamara Elisa Hallenbeck
Address: 130 Pond Cir
City: Willow Spring
State: NC
Zip Code: 27592
Date of Birth: 01/xx/1972
Race: W
Charge Date: 04/17/2015
Charging County: Harnett County, North Carolina
Case Number: 2015IF 701857
Charge: Texting/Email Viol Motor Veh
Statute: 20-137.4A(A)
Type: I
Charge Date: 04/17/2015
Name: Tamara Elisa Hallenbeck
Race: White
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 01-03-1972
Address: 130 Pond Circle, Willow Spring, NC 27592
Offense date: 06-12-2012
Charge:
#1 2666: SIMPLE WORTHLESS CHECK 14-107(D)(1)
#2 2666: SIMPLE WORTHLESS CHECK 14-107(D)(1)
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| Tamara Elisa Hallenbeck has the same address as Tamara E PerezLazaro in the voting records image seen above |
Name: Tamara E House
Detention Date: 01-23-2009
Location: Johnston County, NC
Gender: Female
Age: 41
Race: White
Charges: LARCENY (PRINCIPAL)
On whitepages.com, it shows that there are matching email records found for Tamara Lazaro under the name Tamara Elisa Hallenbeck.
TAMARA ELISA HOUSE AKA TAMARA HALLENBECK CONVICTION INFO:
Bailbondcity.com has this info. I could only get the page to load when I looked at the cached version:North Carolina State Prison (DOC) Booking Details
Name: Tamara Elisa House
ALIASES: Tamara Hallenbeck, Tamara Elisa Hallenbeck
Gender: FEMALE
Race: WHITE
Ethnic Group: EUROPEAN/N.AM./AUSTR
Birth Date: 01/03/1972
Age: 45
Offender Number: 0192892
Probation/Parole/Post Release Status: INACTIVE
Most Recent Period of Supervision Record
Sentence Number: 02-001
Commitment Type: PROBATION/PAROLE
Conviction Date: 03/11/2009
County Of Conviction: JOHNSTON
Punishment Type: COMMUNITY SS (DCC)
Sentence Type 1: PROBATION
Sentence Type 2: SUSPENDED SENTENCE
Sentence Type 3: COUNTY JAIL
Commitment: INITIAL
Docket#: 09050543
Offense (Qualifier): LARCENY (PRINCIPAL)
Offense Date: 01/23/2009
Type: MISDEMEANOR
Sentencing Penalty Class Code: CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR SS
Previous Period of Supervision Record
Sentence Number: 01-001
Commitment Type: PROBATION/PAROLE
Conviction Date: 04/27/1989
County Of Conviction: FORSYTH
Punishment Type: PRE-SS (FAIR) DCC
Sentence Type 1: PROBATION
Sentence Type 2: SUSPENDED SENTENCE
Sentence Type 3: COUNTY JAIL
Commitment: INITIAL
Docket#: 89012565
Offense (Qualifier): SHOPLIFTING (PRINCIPAL)
Offense Date: 04/13/1989
Type: MISDEMEANOR
Sentencing Penalty Class Code: MISD.(PRE-STRUCTURE)
MORE THAN $2,200 RAISED AFTER TAMARA LAZARO'S "HOUSE BURNED DOWN WITH ALL HER FURBABIES IN THERE"
RESCUERS HOUSE BURNED DOWN WITH ALL HER FURBABIES IN THERE.
For: TAMARA LAZARO
Benson, NC
Organizer: SHARLENE M. MATHEUS
RESCUERS HOUSE BURNED DOWN WITH ALL HER FURBABIES IN THERE. (TAMARA LAZARO)
$2,260 of $2,500 goal Raised by 62 donors
The Story
PLEASE, ANYONE WHO CAN HELP THIS POOR LADY IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. HER HOME BURNED DOWN WITH ALL HER OWN FURBABIES AND HER RESCUES IN IT. SHE NEEDS ALL KINDS OF HELP. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!
Interesting to note that there are NO photos. No photos of beloved deceased "furbabies". No photos of surviving cats and kittens. No photos of any animals at the vet clinic recovering from the fire. No photos of the burned house. No link to a media story. No description of how Tamara tried to save her beloved animals and was singed by the flames. No update at all listed to thank donors - nothing. Very suspicious.
WHO ELSE LIVES AT 130 POND CIRCLE?
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Note: If someone knows for sure that these aliases are not the same person let me know and I'll edit the posts. Other than the addresses matching up, the names being listed on numerous arrest/voting/etc. sites and the seemingly matching photographs posted, I haven't yet seen an official press release from the sheriff or a media story that connects the names. Authorities need to contact Facebook to obtain all of her identities used. This will also give them her IP address which will tie them all to her.
Earlier:
Thank you for this comprehensive overview of the perfidy of these two lowlife pieces of shit. Your research is excellent.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, cats that survived the fire stayed at my home until they were taken in by Siglinda Scarpa at Goathouse. It was obvious that the cats had been in a fire as they were black with soot and smelled of smoke. The cats that died were in carriers or kennels in the kitchen. Some, supposedly, got out and escaped into the woods.
Thank you so much for your work on this.