STARKE—A 52-year-old Starke woman was sentenced to 10 years’ probation and ordered not to own or care for animals after pleading to six counts of animal cruelty.
Tracy Denise Davy was also ordered to complete 960 community service hours and an online animal cruelty prevention and education program.
According to a Jan. 26 arrest report, the owner of a Thomas Street residence called police after being told that a dog was inside the owner’s rental property.
“The owner advised there shouldn’t be anyone in the residence due to (the tenant) being evicted,” wrote reporting officer David Clancy Jr. in the report.
Clancy added that he drove to the Thomas Street lot to investigate.
“After I knocked, I could hear a dog barking from inside the residence,” he wrote. “After locating the dog inside the residence, I found three more dogs on the property that were chained up. The dogs did not have any shelter, food, or water near their area.”
The officer called Bradford County Animal Control to the scene.
“Animal Control advised that the three dogs were malnourished to the point they could possibly die from this act,” Clancy wrote. “Animal Control had to use equipment to cut the chains off around the dogs’ necks to get them free. Three more dogs were located inside the residence and were showing signs of malnourishment to the point of possible death. The dogs were to the point you could see their bones from underneath their skin.”
