Alert 7/25/08 Your Presence is Requested
Your presence is requested. Are you coming?
Sunday, 7/27/08
11 am – 1 pm
Regional Meeting – Northern Virginia
Reston Regional Library
11925 Bowman Towne Drive
Reston 20190-3311
This is your opportunity to help set the focus for our animal welfare efforts in 2009. Your input is needed and valuable. Be part of the solution!
Tuesday, 7/29/08
Trial (appeal) of “Junior” Horton
9:00 am
Carroll County Circuit Court
We want the courtroom packed. This man does not deserve to be in a business involving companion animals.
Mr. Horton appeals on 7/29/08 his conviction – a conviction that could be characterized as a slap on the wrist at best.
Defendant: Lanzie Carroll (“Junior”) Horton, Jr.
convicted 5/16/08 in Carroll County General District Court of 14 charges of animal cruelty and 25 fines for animal neglect; the animal cruelty fines were $2,500 each, but the judge suspended $2,250 of each; the animal neglect fines were $500 but the judge suspended $450 of each; Mr. Horton’s 12-year jail sentence was suspended; he was ordered to pay an amount to be determined to cover the cost of veterinary services provided for the approximately 700 dogs taken from his property during the raid; he was sentenced to active probation to be shared by New River Valley Corrections and the Animal Control Officer of Carroll County, Terry Woods, who testified at the trial
Please let the Commonwealth Attorney, Gregory Goad, know that this is a case to prosecute as vigorously as any he has had in his career. This case represents the lives of so many dogs that are victims of puppymill greed.
Gregory Goad, Commonwealth Attorney
PO Box 280; Hillsville, VA 24343
phone: 276-730-3091 fax: 276-728-5111
email: ggoad@carrollcountyva.org
For questions:
Carolyn Honeycutt
Clerk, Carroll County Circuit Court
276-730-3070
For additional background, see the alert of 2/21/08 titled “Junior Horton’s Day in Court”. Go to www.VirginiaVotersForAnimalWelfare.com
Once there, go to the blue side bar and click on 2008 alerts, then click on the alert of 2/21/08.
Thank you.
Lillian Clancy and Don Marro