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Case ID: 16087
Classification: Neglect / Abandonment
Animal: horse
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30 neglected horses, 6 found dead
Maysville, KY (US)

Incident Date: Wednesday, Jan 20, 2010
County: Mason

Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Alleged
Case Images: 1 files available

Alleged: George Jones

Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

A Northern Kentucky horse owner is facing numerous charges after police say 30 neglected horses were found on his property.

Sheriff Patrick Boggs says George Jones, 63, is charged with 30 counts of cruelty to animals.

Jones is also facing six counts of failure to dispose carcasses.

Neighbors alerted sheriff deputies to Jones' farm located on Key Pike about four miles south of Maysville after seeing the carcasses from the roadway.

Mason County Sheriff Deputies were back out again on Wednesday.

Neighbors called after driving by and seeing the bodies of six dead horses in the field.

"Mr. Jones tells us he had somebody, a hired hand to take care of them. He says he's been in bad health himself. I don't believe economics is part of the problem here. I believe its just neglect of the animals," said Sheriff Patrick Boggs of Mason County.

"There was no water out for the animals, very minimal water,” the Sheriff added. “There was hay on the farm and feed for the horses and donkeys on the farm, but was not made accessible to the animals."

The Sheriff says Jones is cooperating, allowing investigators with the Kentucky Department Of Agriculture onto his property Wednesday.

The farm also houses 150 other horses.

"We were out today, on the 20th, with the Department of Agriculture and Mr. Jones is taking the proper steps to remedy the situation as far as disposing of the carcasses and feeding the livestock," said Boggs.

The horses will remain on the property unless a judge orders them elsewhere.

Jones is due to face a judge for the misdemeanor charges on January 25, 2010.

If convicted, he faces a fine and up to a year in jail.


Case Updates

The trial of a man accused of more than 30 counts of animal cruelty is scheduled for Tuesday in Mason District Court.

George Samuel Jones of Key Pike, was charged in January with animal cruelty, as well as six counts of failure to dispose of carcasses properly within 48 hours. The charges were the result of an investigation initiated by the Mason County Sheriff's Department after a resident of Key Pike complained to officials of dead and malnourished horses at Jones property around Jan. 19, 2010.

Attorney Stacey Sanning is representing Jones and said her motion before Special Judge William Probus on Thursday to allow Jones to enter a plea to the disposition charges was overruled.

Sanning declined any further comment on the case.

Mason County Assistant Attorney Chris Kelly was in court Friday and did not return a call to The Ledger Independent by press time.

According to court documents, Kelly's motion for prior bad acts as evidence was also overruled by Probus.

Findings of the Mason County Sheriff's Office determined 30 horses and donkeys in Jones' custody had been allowed to go without food and water; the neglect allegedly resulted in the death of six horses.

Allegedly, the carcasses of the six horses were not properly buried or removed from the property.

Jones' trial is scheduled for Tuesday at 9 a.m.; all of the charges are misdemeanors.
Source: maysville-online.com - Dec 10, 2010
Update posted on Dec 11, 2010 - 10:55PM 

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