Gender: Female
Approximate Age: 46
Location: Meadow Lake, NM (US)

History

May 13, 2008 - Meadow Lake, NM (US)
Convicted: Hoarding - 49 cats seized

Sentence: Heidi Burge of Meadow Lake pleaded no contest in May 2009 to 40 counts of animal cruelty in Magistrate Court in Los Lunas. Magistrate Tina Gallegos sentenced Burge to 200 hours of community service and prohibited her from owning or possessing any animals for a period of one year.

John Jaramillo, the animal control officer who prosecuted the case, asked Gallegos to impose a 40-day jail sentence as well — one day for each count. But when Burge's attorney, Greg Gaudette, advised the judge that he had found an inconsistency in the county's ordinance regarding penalties that could be imposed, Gallegos decided against jail time.... more...