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Case ID: 17806
Classification: Neglect / Abandonment
Animal: dog (non pit-bull)
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Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010

County: Culpeper

Disposition: Convicted

Defendant/Suspect: Bonnie Lee Compton-Beauchamp

A Culpeper woman was recently sentenced to 15 days in jail on animal cruelty charges after three dogs in her care were left for two weeks with inadequate food and water.

As part of a plea agreement entered March 7 in Culpeper County Circuit Court, Bonnie Lee Compton-Beauchamp, 49, was fined $300, placed on one year of supervised probation and forbidden to own a pet for three years.

She also must continue with mental health treatments she had been receiving from the Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board and perform 150 hours of community service.

Court records show that on Aug. 3, the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office contacted the county's animal control department for a welfare check at Compton-Beauchamp's home in the trailer park on Murphy Court along U.S. 15. Upon smelling an odor, animal control officers entered the house and found the three deceased dogs without food and water.

"Ms. Compton-Beauchamp arrived later that evening," according to a police affidavit, "and indicated that she had been gone for two weeks and had not secured a caretaker."

Information provided to the court by Compton-Beauchamp's treating mental health professional indicated that when the incident occurred she was experiencing severe depression over the deaths of her husband and father. Further, her mental health evaluation revealed an intellectual level that makes good, independent decision-making difficult.

Compton-Beauchamp has no prior criminal record.

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