Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Jefferson Co. horse owner, Dennis Danley, 54, faces cruelty charges

WEST VIRGINIA -- A Charles Town man was charged Monday morning with 10 counts of cruelty to animals after Jefferson County Sheriff's Department deputies found five dead horses on a farm off Huyett Road south of town and discovered that about 10 horses on the property were malnourished, according to court records.

Dennis B. Danley, 54, of 44 Colorado Court, was released on a $7,500 bond, according to Jefferson County Magistrate Court records.

Each of the cruelty to animals charges carries a possible punishment of a fine of $300 to $2,000 and/or a jail sentence of up to six months, court records indicate.

Cpl. Vincent Tiong said a worker at Charles Town Races & Slots went to the sheriff's department Feb. 9 and told him about the horses. Tiong said the track worker told him there were 10 to 15 horses in a field off Blakeley Farm Lane that were not being properly fed and did not have water.

(Herald Mail - March 27, 2007)

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