Hoarding - over a dozen animals in car
Rochester, NY (US)

Incident Date: Thursday, Feb 17, 2005
County: Monroe

Disposition: Alleged

Alleged: Angelina Forte-Walker

A Wayne County woman is facing charges after investigators found more than a dozen animals in her car. Angelina Forte-Walker of Macedon is charged with abandonment, cruelty to animals and endangering the welfare of a child.

Officers arrested the 34-year-old on Feb 17 after they found 13 dogs and one cat in her vehicle. Investigators say Forte-Walker was stopped on Monroe Avenue in Rochester and had 13 dogs and one cat in her vehicle. They also removed nine cats, three live and two dead rabbits and a dead rat from her home on Feb 8.

She is in jail on $5,000 bond. If convicted she faces up to one year in jail. 

References

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