Gender: Male
Approximate Age: 60
Location: Charles City, VA (US)

History

Apr 27, 2010 - Charles City, VA (US)
Convicted: Charged with more than 50 counts of animal cruelty

Sentence: A Petersburg fire captain, Ronald Wayne Hartman, pleaded guilty in Charles City General District Court to 10 of the counts. He was ordered to pay a fine of $500 on each of those counts, for a total of $5,000, plus $322 in court costs, and more than $11,000 to reimburse the county's animal shelter for the cost of caring for the dogs that were seized from his home. He was also given a suspended one-year sentence.

As part of his plea deal, Hartman also agreed not to keep more than seven pet animals.... more...