Shitbag Of The Month: 🚨He promised to rehabilitate dangerous dogs. Then he killed them and pocketed the money🚨TRIGGER⚠
The former director of a local Humane Society in Ohio has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after promising pet owners and rescue groups to rehabilitate dogs or find them new homes for a fee, but instead keeping the proceeds for personal use and euthanizing the animals without permission.
Steffen Baldwin, 44, former humane agent and executive director at the Union County Humane Society, was sentenced Friday to 15½ years in prison by Union County Common Pleas Court Judge Daniel Hogan after being found guilty on 32 counts, including animal cruelty, bribery, theft and other charges in a January 2024 bench trial, according to court records.
On top of the prison time, Baldwin is prohibited from owning or caring for companion animals for life, court records show.
Baldwin presented himself as a caring lover of dogs and claimed to have a 99% successful adoption rate for behaviorally challenged dogs. He promoted himself as someone who could rehabilitate dogs that no one else could. But he did not work with the dogs entrusted to him. Baldwin would have dogs euthanized and lie to pet owners or rescue groups − sometimes for months − saying the dogs were alive and well rather than admitting he was unable to help, according to court records.
https://news.yahoo.com/news/promised-rehabilitate-dangerous-dogs-then-202820927.html
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