WARRICK CO., Ind. (WFIE) – New info has been launched after the arrest of the previous supervisor at Warrick County Animal Control.
Danielle Barnes was arrested back in December on felony costs of Theft and Possession of a Legend Drug.
Now, an affidavit reveals that costs of Corrupt Business Influence, Conspiracy to Commit Theft, Official Misconduct, Ghost Employment and Misdemeanor Theft have been filed in opposition to her.
A witness who spoke with Indiana State Police accuses Barnes of transferring purebred dogs from the animal management to her non-profit Warrick Animal Guardians (WAG) and promoting them.
According to the affidavit, Barnes was additionally accused of including a ten-dollar payment to all Warrick County spay and neuter providers and pocketing the money.
Additionally, officers say she used county sources to vaccinate her nonprofit animals.
The witness reportedly instructed police there have been numerous Ketamine order varieties lacking, that are used to purchase medication and will have been solid by Barnes.
Barnes allegedly had quite a few storage items full of medicine and vaccines paid for with county funds, in accordance with the trooper.
Police say Barnes used county sources on behalf of her non-profit as an alternative of utilizing them for the obligations of the Warrick County Animal Control workers.
A considerable quantity of documentation monitoring the money and donations acquired from the general public had been merely lacking, the affidavit states.
ISP studies that numerous prescriptions had gone lacking from the animal management.
The trooper says what was most regarding was the lacking Ketamine and Fatal Plus, which may kill people in addition to animals.
The affidavit states that witness stated they’d seen great amount of medicine in storage items owned by Barnes in addition to inside a fridge in her home’s basement.
Danielle Barnes wasn’t the one suspect accused of being concerned as a part of this legal investigation.
A witness who spoke with police says one other person was additionally closely concerned.
In March, one of many witnesses was reportedly ordered by Barnes to select up 4 dogs from an concerned celebration and take them again to Warrick County Animal Control.
The affidavit states the dogs had been vaccinated and chipped, after which adopted by WAG, which was the non-profit ran by Barnes.
Police say the witness instructed the trooper they took the dogs again and transferred them to the person who initially had them.
ISP says the dogs had been thereafter listed on the market on social media. Mutts had been despatched to different shelters for adoption, in accordance with police.
Using the truthful market worth of vet providers on the animals, troopers allege that Barnes and the concerned celebration stole at the very least $100,000 from Warrick County.
Police say a witness did extra analysis and located that extra Warrick County Animal Control workers have fostered and or adopted a whole bunch of animals and seemed to be participating in the identical follow as Barnes.
One of which was Susan Broshears, who police say was employed at Warrick County Animal Control for 5 to seven years and adopted or fostered 57 animals from WAG.
Police reviewed Danielle Barnes timesheets and identified within the affidavit that she bought one of many animals whereas being paid by the county i.e., ghost employment.
The witness reportedly instructed police Barnes labored for WAG commonly whereas on-the-clock for Warrick County.
Indiana State Police imagine Barnes and Broshears collected adoption payment money and deposited it right into a WAG account or used it for private acquire as an alternative of depositing it into the Warrick County Animal Control checking account.
After Barnes and Broshears had been fired, police say adoption charges and different money considerably elevated.
According to an affidavit, a separate witness reached out to police and accused Barnes of being in a multi-state puppy mill, buying animals and promoting them on the east and west coast, two the place folks pay top-dollar for purebred animals.
The witness reportedly implicated two different folks, of which had been investigated by Homeland Security for operating quite a few pyramid schemes and fraud involving animals.
According to information from Warrick County Animal Control, over 1,000 animals had come out and in of their facility throughout 2022 and 2023. When detectives examined adoption payment information, they found solely a handful of charges being paid to Warrick County Animal Control. Most adoption charges had been by no means deposited into their checking account.
As of Sunday, officers say Barnes remains to be employed by Warrick County.
Both Danielle Barnes and Susan Broshears have been arrested because of this investigation. Broshears was arrested Friday afternoon with out incident. She was taken to the Warrick County Jail the place she posted bond and was launched.
Broshears was charged with Official Misconduct, Ghost Employment, Conspiracy to Commit Theft and Misdemeanor Theft. Her mugshot just isn’t readily available.
ISP says that is nonetheless an ongoing investigation, and an extra arrest is predicted.
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