Beloved family members in hopes for some closure. After two years emotional testimony at the sentencing for jesse and Maleisa Hughes. Owners of the green acre boarding facility. I apologize that i upset people. Reporter the hughes gave public apologies while the victims who lost their beloved pets shared their stories in court. I lost probably my best friend since that day. The pain away at night. Nobody has portrayed me quickly. Reporter in june of 2014, 23 dogs died of heat exhaustion under the hughes care. They face four felony count of fraud and cruelty to animals. It didnt seem like they were concerned too much. The court believed it was not intentional. Reporter but the challenge for the judge was to hand down a sentence equal to the loss each victims suffered. Days for Maleisa Hughes to begin january 15. We are trying to eliminate the animal cruelty across the country. This was a big ruling in our favor. Its been a lot of work. Two years waiting for this case. And finally it is
Reporter came was arrested for trespassing and admitted to being high in propositioning propositioning the one but said nothing about the briefcase of jewelry he was carrying. It turned out it belonged to roeper drake 2 hours before head is jewelry stolen from his tour bus while on stage in downtown phoenix. It blew my mind. I heard about it yesterday, just the fact that Drakes Jewelry was right here, 200 feet away was czy mind i thought it was funny. Reporter were told detectives son News Coverage of the staff to the jewelry and called Phoenix Police and said we think we have your items here and we also have someone in custody. It turned out he might be the con man indeed. He talked his way onto drakes tour bus to steal the items and talked his way here into the dorm. In Tempe Donna Rossi cbs 5 news. Jail time this afternoon a behind bars after 23 darla dogs in their care died. The owners of the pets took to the stand asking for a stiff sentence against the kennel owners. This is very
On this busy friday night, we are now back open after 202 was shut down for an hour. Dps troopers were called out to the loop 202 and mcdowell road after reports of a man with a gun near the freeway. Troopers checked it out. They did not locate anyon now this happened about an hour ago, but it lead to this. That closing of the freeway causes massive backup. You can see all those cars just now reopened, opened about 30 minutes ago. 60 days in jail. Six years probation. Thats the sentence handed down to the dog kennel owners after the death of 23 dogs in their care. It was an em day. Jessica parsons is live with more. Reporter yes, kris, there are no winners here, a heartbreaking case from the beginning to the end. Today in court the victim described the pain of lo for some closure. After two years emotional testimony at the sentencing for jesse and Maleisa Hughes. Owners of the green acre boarding facility. I apologize that i upset people. Reporter the hughes gave public apologies while
It s been nearly nine months since one of the Humane Society of Southern Arizona s darkest days, when it transported more than 300 small pets to a known reptile breeder, Colten
As State Route 88 passes a “Welcome to Apache Junction” sign and nears the Superstition Mountain-Lost Dutchman Museum, a rural road splits off the highway and heads toward a rock