PA couple charged with 99 felony animal cruelty counts, almost 300 misdemeanors
On Friday, a Pennsylvania couple accused of animal cruelty and mistreatment were indicted on hundreds of charges and jailed on $1 million bail. The 99 animal cruelty and other charges against Nyal Piper and Renee Piper were filed two months after authorities seized the animals from their Johnstown home in western Pennsylvania. Amish pregnant woman […]
Animal cruelty suspect who allegedly shot 3 DC cops is a foreign national in US illegally: Report
The suspect who allegedly shot and killed three police officers in Washington, D.C., earlier this month is an alien living in the United States illegally, a new report says. At 7:30 a.m. on Valentine’s Day, several officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Detective Division joined with members of the Humane Rescue League to execute an […]
Couple wearing matching Cookie Monster pants accused of armed robbery, animal cruelty
A couple accused in an armed robbery at a Florida hardware store also faces animal cruelty charges, police said. At 2:00 p.m. on February 11, Cape Coral Police Department officers were called to a Lowe’s store to investigate a robbery. Lost prevention personnel alerted police that a man and woman wearing matching Cookie Monster pajama […]
Animal cruelty suspect in DC opens fire and wounds 3 cops, prompting ongoing police standoff with occasional gunfire
A Washington, D.C., police officer was shot in the face while attempting to arrest him on animal cruelty charges, and a standoff continued Wednesday afternoon. At 7:30am on Wednesday morning, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Detective Division joined members of the Humane Rescue League to execute an arrest warrant for suspected animal cruelty at […]
Long Island man shot his two dogs in the head with a rifle, horrific animal cruelty found on property
A Long Island man shot his two German Shepherd dogs in the head with a rifle, leading investigators to a nightmarish illegal slaughterhouse in his backyard, officials said. Carlos Lauro, 76, of Riverhead, said Thursday that one of his dogs, a 1-year-old named Blitzkrieg, was lying in a pen on Lauro's property next to a […]