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50 Injured Birds In PA Cockfighting Ring, Cocaine Bust Lands Man Years In Prison 50 Injured Birds In PA Cockfighting Ring, Cocaine Bust Lands Man Years In Prison
50 Injured Birds In PA Cockfighting Ring, Cocaine Bust Lands Man Years In Prison A Bucks County man caught running a bloody cockfighting operation and trafficking cocaine has been sentenced to years behind bars, authorities announced on Wednesday, June 25. Manfid Duran, 50, of Plumstead Township, pleaded guilty to felony drug trafficking and dozens of animal cruelty charges after police found four kilos of cocaine and more than 50 injured birds at his property in 2023 and 2024, according to Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn. President Judge Raymond F. McHugh sentenced Duran to five to 10 years in state prison for the drug charges and a consecutive 8 to 24 m…
PA Man Drowns Dog After Baby Knocked Over: Affidavit PA Man Drowns Dog After Baby Knocked Over: Affidavit
PA Man Drowns Dog After Baby Knocked Over: Affidavit A Warminster man drowned his Belgian Shepherd in a bathtub after a family dispute involving the dog and his baby, police announced on Wednesday, June 4. Matthew Michael Spanburgh, 28, admitted to killing his dog during a welfare check at his apartment on the 600 block of East Street Road around 9:27 p.m. on Friday, May 16, according to the Warminster Township Police Department. Officers were dispatched after a concerned relative reported that Spanburgh was dealing with marital issues and may have harmed the family dog — and possibly intended to harm himself. When officers arrived, Spanburgh…
PA STORAGE UNIT HORROR: 53 Cats Rescued From Filthy, Cramped Cages—Owner Charged With Cruelty PA STORAGE UNIT HORROR: 53 Cats Rescued From Filthy, Cramped Cages—Owner Charged With Cruelty
PA Storage Unit Horror: 53 Cats Rescued From Filthy, Cramped Cages—Owner Charged With Cruelty More than 50 cats were found crammed inside a freezing storage unit in Falls Township—sick, starving, and covered in filth—while their owner searched for housing, authorities said. Now, that owner is facing multiple animal cruelty charges, according to the Bucks County SPCA. Investigators say the animals were packed into "filthy, cramped cages and carriers" inside an unheated Public Storage unit on Commerce Boulevard for up to two weeks. When Falls Township Animal Control discovered the horrifying scene, they immediately called in BCSPCA, which deployed its Chief Humane Officer and a rapid-r…
Dogs Stabbed To Death; PA Owner Gives Gruesome Confession On 911: Affidavit Dogs Stabbed To Death; PA Owner Gives Gruesome Confession On 911: Affidavit
Dogs Stabbed To Death; PA Owner Gives Gruesome Confession On 911: Affidavit A Bucks County man is accused of savagely stabbing his two family dogs to death inside his home—so violently that a knife blade snapped off inside one of them—before calling 911 to confess, authorities said. George Gooch Ash, 40, of Essex Place in Newtown Township, was charged Tuesday, Jan. 22, with two felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals and two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced. “To say the defendant’s actions were inhumane is an understatement,” District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said at a news conference Wednesday…
Bucks SPCA's Tanya Garcia Dies, 38 Bucks SPCA's Tanya Garcia Dies, 38
Bucks SPCA's Tanya Garcia Dies, 38 Tanya Smakula Garcia, of Telford, formerly of Sellersville, died on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according to an obituary published by Anders-Detweiler Funeral Home. She was 38 years old. Tanya graduated from Pennridge High School, class of 2004, according to her obituary. She was an avid cheerleader for seven years. She worked in retail sales and was a member of the Bucks County SPCA. Tanya was a devoted and compassionate mother who enjoyed cooking, her obituary said.  Tanya loved animals, especially elephants. She also enjoyed watchi…
PA Parents Sentenced: 'Treated Animals Better' Than 7 Children, Judge Says PA Parents Sentenced: 'Treated Animals Better' Than 7 Children, Judge Says
PA Parents Sentenced: 'Treated Animals Better' Than 7 Children, Judge Says A father and mother who forced their seven children to live in filthy conditions in a rundown trailer in Bucks County were sentenced to up to 16 years in Pennsylvania State Prison on child neglect charges, authorities said. Shane Robertson, 48, and Crystal Robertson, 38, of West Rockhill Township, appeared Tuesday, Aug. 20 before Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller, who called them “two of the worst parents I’ve ever seen in my life.”  “It is appalling that you would live in these conditions with your seven children,” Liller said. “You treated your animals better than you treated you…
SPCA Rescues 124 Animals, Largest Farm Cruelty Case In Bucks County History SPCA Rescues 124 Animals, Largest Farm Cruelty Case In Bucks County History
SPCA Rescues 124 Animals, Largest Farm Cruelty Case In Bucks County History The Bucks County SPCA rescued 124 farm animals neglected in horrendous conditions in Wrightstown, authorities announced late on Thursday, Aug. 8. The animals were at Narrow Way Farm at 887 Worthington Mill Road in Wrightstown Township, the SPCA said. Among the rescued animals were 58 goats, 49 chickens, 10 pigs, five sheep and two steers, the SPCA said on Facebook. Two other animals were found dead on the property. The non-profit agency called it the "largest case of farm animal cruelty and neglect in the collective memory of the Bucks County SPCA." "Our team has been fast at work buying …