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Case #13337 Rating: 2.4 out of 5
Horse neglect - 18 seized, 3 found dead
New Hampton, IA (US)Incident Date: Sunday, Mar 9, 2008
County: Fayette
Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Kelly Joe Olson
Case Updates: 5 update(s) available
The Fayette County Sheriff's Office removed 18 horses and one pot-bellied pig from a residence on 250th Street on Sunday.
Officials found the animals with no food or water, after responding to a complaint. They also found three dead horses on the scene. Officials report that the horses had been eating the wood off feed bunks and bark off the trees they could reach.
The sheriff's office removed the animals to give them proper care.
Livestock owner, Kelly Joe Olson, 41, of New Hampton, was arrested and taken to the Fayette County Jail where he was charged with serious misdemeanor livestock neglect and driving while barred.
Case UpdatesA 44-year-old Iowa man has pleaded guilty to animal neglect charges involving more than a dozen horses.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Kelly Olson of Ossian was released from the Chickasaw County jail on Tuesday after spending 108 days behind bars. Olson pleaded guilty to the serious misdemeanor charge of animal neglect causing injury or death. Four other counts were dismissed.
Authorities removed more than dozen horses near Fredericksburg. Some carcasses were already decaying. Court records show he faced similar charges in the past, including a 2006 case involving 57 horses and 12 carcasses.
County attorney Patrick Wegman said he was satisfied that Olson spent his longest stay in jail. The prosecutor said if Olson didn't learn a lesson "hopefully he'll be back in jail again." | Source: Sioux City Journal - Oct 15, 2010
Update posted on Oct 17, 2010 - 12:45AM |
A New Hampton man accused of neglecting horses has been sentenced to 42 days in jail after pleading guilty to lesser charges.
Kelly Olson was arrested in March after authorities found 18 malnourished horses on a farm near Hawkeye. Three other horses reportedly died from neglect.
Officials with the Fayette County sheriff's office say the horses were eating bark off trees.
The 18 horses were eventually adopted by families in northeast Iowa.
Olson pleaded guilty earlier this week to three counts of failure to dispose of an animal carcass. He was ordered to pay more than $6,200 in fees and for the care of the horses while he was in custody.
Olson also has been banned from owning livestock for one year. | Source: Chicago Tribune - July 13, 2008
Update posted on Jul 13, 2008 - 8:25PM |
Eighteen horses seized last week in a Fayette County animal neglect case will be put up for adoption on Friday.
At a hearing Monday in Fayette County District Court, the court ruled that "the 18 animals shall be turned over to the Fayette County Sheriff's Office and disposed of as the sheriff sees fit, by sale, adoption, or euthanasia."
The Sheriff's Office has determined to put the horses up for adoption for a fee of $100 per animal at 9 a.m. Friday at 10647 275th Street located northeast of West Union near the intersection of Juniper Road and the Great River Road.
The $100 adoption fee - which must be paid in cash or cashier's check - will be used to offset the expenses of caring for the horses until the adoption date.
The horses can be viewed between 8 and 9 a.m. the day of the adoption.
All animals are adopted in "as is" condition and will need to be removed on Friday, the Sheriff's Office said.
The owner of the horses, Kelly J. Olson, 41, of New Hampton, has been charged with serious misdemeanor livestock neglect and driving while barred.
For more information on the adoptions, call Sheriff's Lt. Bradley M. Minger at (563)-422-6067, ext. 233. | Source: Gazette Online - March 18, 2008
Update posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 5:32PM |
Charges are adding up for an Iowa man accused of horse neglect. Kelly Olson of New Hampton initially faced animal neglect charges after officials discovered three dead horses and 18 malnourished horses.
They were found on a farm he owned near Hawkeye last week.
According to the Fayette County Sheriff's office, someone tipped them off that the owner of the farm and Olson had a deer illegally.
That deer turned out to be dead.
Now, besides the dead and malnourished horse issue, the two have been charged with illegal possession and transportation of deer. | Source: KTTC - March 14, 2008
Update posted on Mar 14, 2008 - 3:56PM |
Malnourished animals seized this week from a farm in Fayette County are receiving medical attention.
Authorities found the animals, which included 18 horses, eating eating wood off feed bunks and tree bark, according to Fayette County Sheriff Marty Fisher.
Three horse carcasses were also discovered at 18129 250th St., a farm about five miles north of Hawkeye.
"A local veterinarian is assisting us in assuring the horses are well cared for," Fisher said.
The owner of the livestock, Kelly Olson, 41, of New Hampton, is in the Fayette County Jail. He is charged with livestock neglect, a serious misdemeanor, and driving while barred.
Deputies responded at about 7 p.m. Sunday to a report of possible animal neglect. They watered the horses and gave them a bale of hay. They returned Monday with a veterinarian, who examined the animals and found them in a state of neglect, Fisher said.
"The pictures pretty much say it all," Fisher said. "The horses were actually gnawing on the wood on the wagons.
"It's very upsetting to see a sight like this."
Fisher noted a barn on the property provided shelter.
Deputies got a search warrant and removed all of the horses and one potbellied pig from the property.
Olson showed up while the animals were being removed and was arrested.
According to court documents available online, Olson faced similar legal problems in two other counties.
In November 2006, authorities in Chickasaw County charged Olson with failure to dispose of dead animal bodies, a simple misdemeanor. He pleaded guilty in June and paid a $300 fine.
Allamakee County in June charged Olson with animal neglect that caused death or injury. A month later, officials filed a petition for the disposition of neglected livestock. The case apparently involved at least seven horses.
Judge John Bauercamper ordered a sale in August after Olson voluntarily agreed. The judge dismissed the charge of animal neglect in September, according to court documents.
Olson apparently does not own the property in Fayette County. | Source: Globe Gazette - March 12, 2008
Update posted on Mar 12, 2008 - 3:24PM |
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