Sallisaw woman facing cruelty to animals charge
A Sallisaw woman is facing a felony cruelty to animals charge after allegedly not providing food, water or treatment for two dogs left in her care.
Destiny N. Remy, 26, was charged July 5 in Sequoyah County District Court and a warrant was issued for her arrest the same day. She received a $5,000 bond and is now scheduled to appear for an Aug. 30 felony disposition docket before Associate District Judge Kyle Waters.
Sallisaw Police officer DeShawna Neff reported she was dispatched to South Elm to ...
A Sallisaw woman is facing a felony cruelty to animals charge after allegedly not providing food, water or treatment for two dogs left in her care.
Destiny N. Remy, 26, was charged July 5 in Sequoyah County District Court and a warrant was issued for her arrest the same day. She received a $5,000 bond and is now scheduled to appear for an Aug. 30 felony disposition docket before Associate District Judge Kyle Waters.
Sallisaw Police officer DeShawna Neff reported she was dispatched to South Elm to assist animal control with some dogs that were allegedly not being fed or watered. At the residence, Neff reported seeing two dogs in a fenced back yard with tall grass.
Sallisaw Animal Control officer Vickie Wyman said she received a call from a reporting party who alleged the dogs did not have any water. Wyman said local veterinarian Dr. Paula Haraway accompanied her to the home and Remy was asked to meet them in the back yard for a welfare check on the dogs.
Wyman and Haraway discovered the dogs had no food or water, were infested with fleas and very thin from allegedly not being fed, according to the probable cause affidavit in the case. Wyman said the dogs had also began losing their hair due to the flea infestation.
When Remy was asked where their food was, she said it wouldn’t be delivered until the following day. She also told Wyman it had been two days since the dogs had been fed.
After speaking with Judge Cripps in reference to the dogs, Wyman was ordered to take custody of them, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Wyman reportedly told Remy she would be filing for a warrant on charges of animal cruelty due to the dogs’ conditions. Remy said the dogs belonged to her husband who was out of state working, but Wyman explained to Remy that she was responsible for the animals since they were left in her care.
If found guilty of the charge, District Attorney Jack Thorp said the crime is punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 or imprisonment for up to five years, or both.
