ARLINGTON – A decide denied a request from a canine coach to begin holding lessons once more whereas the person defends himself from prices related to the deaths of three dogs.
Dog house owners who’ve had their dogs skilled by Alan Brown defended the Arlington coach on the witness stand Wednesday, saying he had a protracted monitor document of success they usually trusted him utterly to coach their animals. Several different purchasers of the 54-year-old sat within the courtroom in assist.
Prosecutors countered although that there could be nobody to observe the coaching if it resumed, telling Judge Elizabeth Beach that Brown had been “fooling individuals” into pondering he was caring about their animals.
Three canine house owners advised CBS Texas in August that their dogs died whereas they have been out of city and left their dogs in Brown’s care at his Arlington home.
A grand jury indicted him in September for animal cruelty and tampering with proof. Last week his spouse Stacie Brown, an Arlington police officer, was arrested for obstruction, accused of submitting a false police reviews towards the proprietor of one of many dogs that died.
As a part of his bond situations Brown will not be allowed to be round any animals apart from his personal. His attorneys mentioned his incapacity to carry lessons was making a danger of considerable monetary hardship.