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Case #9960 Rating: 3.5 out of 5
10 dogs neglected, emaciated, one found dead
Greene, NY (US)Incident Date: Monday, Sep 18, 2006
County: Greene
Charges: Felony CTA
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Douglas Arthur Haslett
Case Updates: 3 update(s) available
A Chenango County man is being accused of abusing his animals. Sheriff's deputies say Douglas Haslett had a number of dogs at his home that were not being fed and didn't have proper shelter.
Deputies, along with animal control officers, found nine emaciated dogs and took them to an animal hospital for treatment. Deputies also found a dead dog at Haslett's home. The dog died of starvation.
Haslett is being held in the Chenango County jail. He's due back in court on Sept 19.
Case Updates| Douglas Arthur Haslett entered a guilty plea to one felony count of animal cruelty on March 2, 2007. He will be sentenced in one year, on February 29, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. In the meantime, he has been placed on interim probation, during which time he is prohibited from owning animals. His performance on probation will be a determining factor when he is sentenced next year. | Source: Chenango County Court Case # 2006-92
Update posted on Mar 5, 2007 - 5:40PM |
Douglas Arthur Haslett will appear in court on Friday, March 2 at 11:00 a.m. at the Chenango County Courthouse, located at 5 Court Street, Norwich, NY 13815.
Despite Haslett having missed previous court dates, Judge Kevin M. Dowd declined to remand him into custody at his last court appearance, stating "I do not want to put him in jail over the holidays."
Haslett faces animal cruelty charges stemming from his September 18, 2006 arrest, when officers allegedly found nine emaciated dogs and took them to an animal hospital for treatment. Deputies also found a dead dog at Haslett's home, which had reportedly died from starvation. | Source: Case # 2006-92
Update posted on Feb 26, 2007 - 1:37PM |
Douglas A. Haselett, a Town of Greene farmer wanted for failing to show up in court to answer to animal cruelty charges, received an early Christmas present this week from Supreme Court Justice Kevin M. Dowd.
Dowd -- sitting in for Chenango County Judge W. Howard Sullivan, who is recuperating from knee replacement surgery -- denied repeated efforts by Chenango County District Attorney Joseph A. McBride to send Haselett, 51, of Jackson Hill Road, to the Chenango County Correctional Facility.
Haselett pleaded innocent this week to grand jury indictments that charged nine counts of cruelty to animals, misdemeanors, and one count of aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony, in connection with putting a dead dog in a freezer. McBride said an autopsy showed the dog was starved to death.
"He was released in September over my objection," McBride said. He had been arrested Sept. 11.
"I do not want to put him in jail over the holidays," Dowd said.
Haselett had been scheduled to appear in county court for his arraignment earlier, but twice missed court dates.
"I don't think he intentionally avoided us," said his attorney, Chenango County Public Defender Alan Gordon of Oxford, adding that Haselett didn't get his court notice "in a timely fashion." Haselett has no telephone and isn't a flight risk, he said.
Gordon said his client depended on e-mail for communication -- public e-mail at Moore Memorial Library in Greene. "He doesn't get to check it every week and he may even have misinterpreted what it said if he did get it," he said.
Haselett in addition to missing two court arraignments, also missed a mental health clinic appointment, McBride said. Haselett was arrested at 1:30 a.m. Dec. 13 on his Town of Greene property and had been ordered held in Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $25,000 bail, which Dowd discharged.
Haselett will still have to undergo a psychiatric examination prior to his next appearance in county court. | Source: Press & Bun Bulletin - Dec 20, 2006
Update posted on Dec 20, 2006 - 10:55PM |
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