Highland Police on Monday submitted charges versus a female and her partner whose dogs badly hurt a Highland female and killed her dog August 8.
Luz Angely Adorno, presently of Highland, was charged with 3 counts of Dog Liability Resulting in Injury and one count of Dog Liability Resulting in Injury — Defendant Convicted of More Than 1 Previous Unrelated Violation, all misdemeanors. Her partner, Adrien David Sheldon, was charged the very same however likewise received a misdemeanor Cruelty to an Animal — First Offense charge in the occurrence, according to court records.
Highland Police at around 9:18 p.m. August 8 were sent to the corner of Johnston Street and Jewett Avenue for a report of dogs combating with another dog and a weapon fired at the place, the Post-Tribune reported formerly. The officers got here to “the chaotic scene” and found out the victim, Amber Neyhart, was walking her dog when a group of American Bully breed dogs that had actually left their fenced-in yard assaulted her dog, initially thought to be a Husky however remained in reality a white German Shepherd, according to court records.
Neyhart attempted to protect her dog from the crowd however wound up getting badly bitten by the “larger mother dog,” and spectators who attempted to help her and the dog likewise were bitten, records state. The German Shepherd had the ability to break devoid of the attack for a minute, however the dogs overtook it and continued assaulting.
Then a man who not formerly at the scene took out a weapon and shot the mom dog prior to leaving, according to authorities. No one there appeared to either understand him or wish to recognize him.
One of the reacting officers followed the making it through dogs to a residence in the 3500 block of Jewett Street, where he discovered an unsecured gate on the west side of the residence, records said. Adorno approached the officer and informed him she was the owner and had let the 8 pit bulls out to go to the restroom when among individuals helping Neyhart, Erika Fink, knocked on her door to let her understand her dogs were running loose and assaulting Neyhart and her dog, records said.
Adorno informed authorities she went out to Neyhart to confine the dogs, records said, however as she reached to get the mom, she heard a “bang” and saw that the unknown man shot her. She advocated the man to not shoot the dog once again, and he left, records said.
Officers later on asked Adorno to offer the dogs’ evidence of vaccinations, however the evidence she offered was ended, nor were the dogs accredited in the town, records reveal. Officers who entered into your house kept in mind that it gave off urine which the 7 staying dogs were housed in 3 cages.
Adorno informed authorities the mom dog accidentally mated with another dog in the area which she and Sheldon had actually been attempting to offer or rehome the puppies for months, records said. Adorno likewise said she thinks somebody let the dogs out, however she couldn’t show it.
As officers finished up the scene, Sheldon, who determined himself as an owner of the dogs, got here and said he wasn’t home when they’d gotten loose, the affidavit said.
Fink informed authorities the dogs were understood in the community since they’d got away a number of times, records said. Fink said she’d informed Adorno and Sheldon to get the fence repaired, according to court records.
Officers went back to your house the next day, August 9, since Sheldon had actually put the dead dog on display screen in the front lawn of the home and declared it “had been murdered,” records said. Neighbors later on sent videos of Sheldon abusing the dogs the early morning of the attack and the next day, according to the affidavit.
Records program Sheldon was associated with a 2022 occurrence in which among his dogs bit another dog. He likewise has a pending Felony theft case from January, court records suggest.
Court files submitted August 11 reveal that Highland lawyers David Gladish and Mark Schocke have actually gone into a grievance versus Adorno and Tracy Abbott on behalf of Neyhart, 28. Abbott is the owner of your house in the 3500 block of Jewett Street; Adorno was leasing your house.
In a different filing likewise got in August 11, Abbott has actually relocated to kick out Adorno, according to court records.
Michelle L. Quinn is a freelance press reporter at the Post-Tribune.
