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Two dogs abandoned in home
Tucson, AZ (US)

Incident Date: Thursday, Apr 7, 2005
County: Pima
Local Map: available
Disposition: Convicted
Charges: Misdemeanor

Abuser/Suspect: Shelly Schultz

Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

Case ID: 4495

Classification: Neglect / Abandonment

Animal: dog (non pit-bull)

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Shelley Schultz has been suspended indefinitely from the No. 2 Arizona softball team after being charged with abandoning her two dogs in her former home.

Officers searched her former residence, April 7, 2005, authorities stated.

The house appeared empty, and one officer found a dog hiding in a bedroom. No food or water was evident, except for a large bowl of dog food in one room, the report stated.

Reports stated she had moved away two to three months earlier.

Officers found more than 30 piles of feces in the backyard and a shattered window on the home's south side, the report stated.

Schultz was charged with at least one count of cruelty and neglect under Tucson city code, said Sgt. Kerry Fuller, a spokeswoman with TPD.

Each charge carries a maximum fine of $2,500, six months in jail and three years' probation, according to the City of Tucson Web site.

Animal Care took the dogs, the report said.

Case Updates

Second baseman Shelley Schultz of the Arizona softball team pleaded guilty Wednesday to two of six charges stemming from animal cruelty charges brought against her in April.

As part of the deal, Schultz was sentenced to three years' probation, a span in which she may not own any animals. She must also pay a pair of $113 fines.

Pima Animal Care Center officers investigated Schultz's home on North Warren Avenue after neighbors filed complaints stating that her two shepherd-mixes were running loose in the neighborhood.

After finding both dogs at Schultz's rented house with a bowl of food inside but no water, officers seized the animals, later euthanizing them for aggressive behavior after Schultz failed to claim ownership.

Schultz was charged with five criminal misdemeanor counts and one civil infraction based on the premise that she abandoned the dogs at the home.

"The four animal cruelty charges were dismissed - the two abandonment and the two neglect - because the prosecutors obviously didn't have enough evidence," Schultz told the local media.

Source: Arizona Daily Wildcat - August 26, 2005
Update posted on Aug 26, 2005 - 8:58AM

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