ANIMAL WATCH-On January 18, 2021, CityWatch broke the news that Los Angeles Animal Services is investigating a dog attack which occurred in the home of popular singer-rapper Chris Brown at 19602 Citrus Ridge Drive, Tarzana, CA, on December 12, 2020.
It is still not known if Brown an avid Pit Bull enthusiast, who advertised the sale of puppies he had bred as CB Breeder was present at the time. A neighborhood source initially speculated that the dog was a Pit Bull named Hades, owned by Brown.
Emergency responders arrived within nine minutes after receiving the call, but the dog had already been removed. A man at the home identified himself as Emil Lewis and claimed he was the owner of the dog, which he said had been taken to Humboldt County.
WBBJ TV
January 6, 2021
JACKSON, Tenn. A local mayor is speaking out following an allegation of animal abuse in his town.
On Monday, WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News obtained information in a Facebook post from several witnesses claiming two men from the Humboldt Animal Shelter allegedly abused a dog until it died.
Humboldt Mayor Marvin Sikes confirms the Humboldt Police Department is handling an investigation into the allegation, and the case will be turned over to the district attorney’s office soon.
In a statement, Mayor Sikes says in part:
“I will not tolerate the actions being claimed. I promise I will not accept this kind of behavior from any city employee.”