New indictment charges owners of kennel where 21 dogs died
Source: AP
By PAUL DAVENPORT
PHOENIX (AP) — A new indictment announced Wednesday reinstates animal cruelty charges against the owners of a suburban Phoenix kennel where 21 dogs died of heat exhaustion and four others were injured in June.
Prosecutors in January dismissed animal cruelty charges against Green Acre Dog Boarding owners Jesse Todd Hughes, 32, and Maleisa Maurine Hughes, 45, of Gilbert.
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said at the time that the case presented to a grand jury didn't take into account the potential for problems with an air conditioning unit for the room where the dogs were kept overnight.
A subsequent review indicated there is enough evidence to support the charges, Montgomery said Wednesday as he announced the latest 29-count indictment.
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We adopted a rescued dog that was mistreated in a kennel. The lady running it was found to have mental problems.
