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Case ID: 17129
Classification: Neglect / Abandonment
Animal: horse
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Attorneys/Judges
Defense(s): Mark Emert, Brennan Fagan
Judge(s): Phillip M Fromme




Horses negelcted, 3 die
Melvern, KS (US)

Incident Date: Friday, Apr 16, 2010
County: Osage

Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Alleged

Alleged: Salah A. Ibrahim

Case Updates: 3 update(s) available

Osage County Attorney Brandon Jones announced late Tuesday afternoon that he plans to file criminal charges in Osage County District Court this morning against Salah A. Ibrahim of Eudora on charges related to animal abuse.

Jones said he will charge Ibrahim with one count of cruelty to animals and one count of unlawful disposal of dead animals. Both are misdemeanors and involve horses.

The crimes are alleged to have occurred around April 1 through 16.

Osage County Sheriff's Department officers took horses into custody on April 16.

Jones said the animals will remain in the sheriff's custody and that he plans to issue a summons for Ibrahim to make his first appearance in court at 10 a.m., June 3.

Conviction on the cruelty to animals charge is punishable by one year in jail and a fine up to $2,500. The accusation of unlawful disposal of dead animals is punishable only by a fine of no more than $100.

"No other information is available at this time," Jones said in the announcement on Tuesday.


Case Updates

A Eudora, Kansas man was on trial for animal cruelty and unlawful disposal of dead animals Monday (9/26) in Osage County Court.

Salah A. Ibrahim has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Neighbors sent 13 News pictures of two dead horses on Ibrahim's land southeast of Melvern back in April 2010. That's when Osage County authorities seized Ibrahim's 13 remaining horses, and another died from malnourishment.

Defense attorneys say one stud horse had bullied the others, and that the harsh winter left them underweight.

Ibrahim faces one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. He could also be liable for the $73 thousand dollars Osage County has spent caring for the horses.

The bench trial continues Tuesday before Chief Judge Phillip Fromme.

Ibrahim is suing Osage County, its Sheriff, Laurie Dunn, and Deputy, Jacob Henry, for the seizing the horses and trespassing.
Source: wibw.com - Sep 26, 2011
Update posted on Sep 27, 2011 - 12:11AM 
A Eudora man, who faces misdemeanor animal cruelty charges in Osage County, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that county officials wrongfully seized his horses in the case.

Salah Ibrahim's attorneys filed the lawsuit Monday claiming Osage County Sheriff's officers used a veterinarian who had little experience caring for horses as part of a plan to seize the horses from property Ibrahim owned in Osage County.

Osage County prosecutors earlier this year charged Ibrahim with one count of cruelty to animals and one count of unlawfully disposing of dead animals, both misdemeanors.

Prosecutors allege Ibrahim abandoned 12 horses from April 1 to April 16 in a field he owns and failed to provide food, water, protection and other care the animals needed.

But in the civil lawsuit, Ibrahim's Lawrence attorneys, Mark Emert and Brennan Fagan, claim their client provided adequate shelter, food and water for the animals.

The attorneys acknowledged in the lawsuit that it was a harsh winter and that at least one horse did not survive, although "many farm animals died across the state of Kansas."

The suit also alleges Jacob Henry, a sheriff's deputy, called Ibrahim on April 15 and expressed concern for the horses, offered to take two of the horses into his own possession and then the next day demanded that Ibrahim "surrender his rights to all of the horses."

The plaintiff claims the next day Sheriff Laurie Dunn and other officers prohibited one of Ibrahim's employees from coming onto the property as sheriff's officers used all-terrain vehicles to corral the horses and later send them to Emporia.

But Ibrahim's attorneys claim officers did not have a warrant or court order and that they ignored the advice of a veterinarian that the horses could stay on the property. They also said officers stressed and harmed the horses when they corralled them.

Prosecutors have said authorities found two horses dead on Ibrahim's property and that after the horses were seized another one died.

Osage County Attorney Brandon Jones, who is not named in the suit, said the civil case would have "no effect on the criminal case whatsoever." A two-day criminal trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 14.

Ibrahim is suing the Osage County Commission, Dunn and Henry on three counts, accusing them of violating his rights to protect his property, trespassing and depriving Ibrahim of his property.

Dunn said Wednesday she was unaware of the lawsuit and could not comment.

According to the suit, Ibrahim is seeking $75,000 in actual damages on each of the three counts. He's also seeking punitive damages.
Source: ljworld.com - Dec 23, 2010
Update posted on Dec 23, 2010 - 10:27PM 
The Osage County prosecutor has filed two misdemeanor charges against a Eudora man accused of animal cruelty.

According to court records, Osage County Attorney Brandon Jones filed a charge of cruelty to animals and accused Salah A. Ibrahim on April 1 to April 16 of unlawfully abandoning 12 horses in a field in the county and failing to provide food, water, protection, the opportunity for exercise and other care needed.

Jones has also filed an unlawful disposal of dead animals charge against Ibrahim involving to two dead horses. The charges came after the county investigated the treatment of several horses.

If convicted of the animal cruelty charge, Ibrahim faces a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500.

Ibrahim is next due in Osage County District Court on July 22.
Source: ljworld.com - Jun 4, 2010
Update posted on Dec 23, 2010 - 10:24PM 

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