Case Details

Dogs poisoned with antifreeze
Athens, GA (US)

Incident Date: Friday, Jul 14, 2006
County: Clarke
Local Map: available
Disposition: Alleged

Alleged: Rosa Marie Daniel

Case ID: 9333
Classification: Poisoning
Animal: dog (non pit-bull)
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Police have arrested a woman who is accused killing a neighbor's dog with antifreeze-tainted food and causing another dog to get sick.

Rosa Marie Daniel was arrested July 18 on animal cruelty charges.

Daniel, 58, poisoned a neighbor's dogs by lacing fish with antifreeze, police said. The first dog, a springer spaniel named Allison, died in January. A neighbor found the fish in the dog owners' back yard and a University of Georgia chemist found it was contaminated with antifreeze.

Neighbors suspected Daniel might be involved in the dog's poisoning because she made it known she "hated" animals, yet kept containers of food in her yard, according to Athens-Clarke police Detective Rebecca Taft.

Taft said Daniel logged about 45 complaints to Athens-Clarke Animal Control and police over the past three years.

After the first dog died, a neighbor took one of the containers and gave it to police. A chemist found it contained fish that had been tainted with antifreeze, Taft said.

Officers were called to the neighbor's home Friday after another dog, a mix-breed Labrador retriever named Samson, became ill, possibly after eating food in Daniel's yard, police said.

Police searched Daniel's house that afternoon and seized containers of food for a chemist to test. They also seized two containers of antifreeze, one from a storage shed and another from a bathroom.

Daniel was booked into Clarke County Jail on a felony animal cruelty charge for Allison's death and a misdemeanor cruelty charge for allegedly making the other dog sick.

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References

The Telegraph - July 20, 2006
Augusta Chronicle - July 23, 2006

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