NORTH READING – Police are looking for prison prices in opposition to a Connecticut girl after a North Reading household’s French bulldog died in her custody as a part of an alleged canine coaching rip-off.
Police are looking for prices in opposition to 27-year-old old Josephine Ragland of Haddam, Connecticut.
She is charged with felony counts of larceny over $1,200 by false pretense and obstruction/deceptive a police officer. Evidence shall be heard earlier than a clerk Justice of the Peace at a later date.
On September 16, a pet proprietor in North Reading stated their 3-year-old French bulldog Charlie was not returned on the finish of a 2-week coaching program. The proprietor had employed Ragland, who solely recognized herself to him as “Lily,” by means of the Thumbtack app.
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Police stated an investigation discovered the canine died round September 4. The canine’s physique was present in some woods off a Connecticut freeway. A necropsy decided the canine was emaciated when it died.
The coach allegedly despatched images to the proprietor after the canine’s demise that purportedly confirmed coaching actions.
Charlie’s proprietor had employed Ragland to coach the canine as a result of it had been knocking over the household’s 2-year-old little one.
Ragland allegedly advised North Reading police that Charlie ran off when her automotive broke down in Royalston on September 15. Royalston police stated they didn’t have any data of disabled automobiles that day within the space that Ragland described.
North Reading Police stated the lady made quite a few false or deceptive statements to officers all through the investigation.
According to a prison grievance, Ragland allegedly has been concerned in a number of related incidents in California. Police stated she allegedly marketed her canine coaching companies however didn’t return shoppers’ dogs, or returned them in a situation that “signifies potential improper care/abuse or neglect.”
