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Hoarding - 69 cats and dogs seized
Clinton, TN (US)

Incident Date: Tuesday, Mar 2, 2004
County: Anderson
Local Map: available
Disposition: Convicted
Case Images: 3 files available

Abuser/Suspect: Margaret Nance

Case Updates: 2 update(s) available

Case ID: 2053

Classification: Hoarding

Animal: cat, dog (non pit-bull)

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Anderson County Sheriff's Department has arrested a 59-year-old Margret Nance woman on 39 counts of animal cruelty. She will have to make a $39,000 bond to leave the Anderson County Jail.

Sixty-nine live dogs and cats were removed from Margaret Nance's two residences - on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 and Wednesday March 3, 2004. Some of the animals were already dead and some of them had been mutilated by other animals. The animal shelter had to euthanize 42 dogs and 27 cats.

Authorities stated that a concerned citizen had complained about the animal situation at and a deputy investigated, later contacting Anderson County Animal Control Officer Shawn Phillips. Phillips investigated and later contacted the Sheriff's Department.

Thirty-one dogs were taken from the 1st home home on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 according to the release.

The investigation then extended to Margaret Nance's trailer in Clinton. Authorities stated the trailer had been condemned by the Anderson County Engineering and Public Works Department last October for septic tank and building violations. He said inspectors were inspecting the condemned trailer when they heard animals inside and notified authorities.

Oliver Springs animal control officers also had to assist at the Haney Hollow Road trailer because of the number of animals.

Margaret Nance was being evicted from her home and was moving the animals to the Haney Hollow Road trailer.

Ridenour said any charges against Nance's daughter, Kay, are still pending.

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60-year-old Margaret Nance pleaded guilty Friday in Anderson County Criminal Court to 14 counts of cruelty to animals. The Oliver Springs-area wo-man was originally charged with 39 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty.

In early March 2004, Anderson County Sheriff's Department officials found 69 malnourished cats and dogs in barns next to Nance's rental home in the Marlow community and locked up in a nearby abandoned doublewide trailer she owned.

Nance said she had locked the animals in the trailer because she was in the process of moving, prosecutor Jan Hicks said.

The starving animals had a long list of ailments, Hicks said, including lesions, severe mange, upper respiratory infections and lacerations.

All of the animals were in such poor health they had to be put down, she said.

There were so many cats roaming around the Nance rental home and the trailer that authorities couldn't tell them apart, Hicks said.

So they picked two kittens for two of the animal-cruelty counts and choose a dozen of the dogs, she said.

Judge James B. "Buddy'' Scott ordered Nance placed on probation for three years.

Her attorney, Kevin Angel, said Nance's first year of probation would be supervised. If she complies with court guidelines, she can then participate in a mail-in probation program, he said.

Nance is on a fixed income, Angel said, and Scott agreed to his request to waive probation program fees.

Scott also ordered Nance to pay court costs as well as the vet bills for euthanizing the animals.

Scott told Nance not to have any dogs or cats at her home. "I don't want to see you here again,'' the judge said. "The only thing I can say is stay away from animals.''

"I don't want any animals,'' Nance replied. "I don't want no part of them.''

Although she blamed her daughter for her legal problems, Nance was the only person cited for animal cruelty.

Angel said Nance had undergone a court-ordered evaluation that determined she suffered from a mental illness yet was competent to stand trial.

Source: Knox News - July 9, 2005
Update posted on Jul 9, 2005 - 4:50AM

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March 8, 2004

Margret Nance, the Anderson County woman charged with 39 counts of animal cruelty may have an easier time getting out of jail now.

On Monday, a judge in Anderson County set Margaret Nance's bond at $20,000. She had faced $1,000 bond for each of the 39 counts.

Nance has another court date in one week.

Meanwhile, investigators are determining whether they can file animal cruelty charges against her daughter, Kay Nance.

The animal shelter had to euthanize 42 dogs and 27 cats.

Update posted on Mar 8, 2004 - 7:14PM

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