Animal cruelty conviction for drowning opossum
State v. Terry Shkurka, a case we prosecuted for the Cleveland Animal Protective League. Shkurka admitted trapping an opossum and then holding the cage down in a rubber tub full of…[...]
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Cleveland woman sentenced for neglect of two dogs
State v. Glenda Murray, a case we prosecuted for the Cleveland Animal Protective League. Glenda Murray was charged related to her neglect of two emaciated, ill dogs tethered without shelter…[...]
Read FullCleveland couple sentenced to jail for keeping dogs in filth
State v. Melody and Edward McDonald; cases we prosecuted for the Cleveland Animal Protective League. Both will serve jail time. The Defendants, husband and wife, were each found guilty of…[...]
Read FullCleveland cockfighter Carlos Diaz to serve six months in jail
State v. Carlos Diaz, a case we prosecuted for the Cleveland Animal Protective League. Diaz kept 15 roosters and hens in a filthy, sewage-filled basement. A number of the birds…[...]
Read FullDog beater convicted of animal cruelty in Cleveland
State v. William Congress, a case we prosecuted for the Cleveland APL in the Cleveland Municipal Court. On Christmas Day, 2013, Congress sent a disturbing Facebook instant message to his…[...]
Read FullWillie Powell, Jr. to serve 6 months in Cleveland jail for dog neglect
State v. Willie Powell, Jr., a case we prosecuted for the Cleveland Animal Protective League. Judge Ronald Adrine sentenced Powell to serve 6 months in jail for the neglect of…[...]
Read FullOwner of suspected cockfighting location convicted of bird neglect
State v. Jose DeJesus, a case we prosecuted for the Cleveland Animal Protective League. DeJesus was found guilty of three counts of animal neglect related to the care of birds…[...]
Read FullState v. Joshua Maldonado, Cleveland Animal Abuser Convicted
State v. Joshua Maldonado, a case we prosecuted for the Cleveland Animal Protective League. Maldonado was found guilty of one count of animal cruelty, a first degree misdemeanor, for the…[...]
Read FullCleveland man convicted of neglecting dogs
State v. Joseph Salett, a case we prosecuted for the Cleveland APL. Salett was found guilty of companion animal cruelty for failing to provide adequate food or water to two…[...]
Read FullPuppy nursed to health by cat, criminal case resolved.
State v. Jose Cintron, a case we prosecuted for the Cleveland Animal Protective League. This case received some earlier news coverage because the mother was in poor condition, and the puppy…[...]
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