PHOENIX (AP) — A son of U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake and the son’s wife have pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty charges stemming from the deaths of 21 dogs last summer.
A Maricopa County Superior Court spokesman says 21-year-old Austin Flake and 21-year-old Logan Flake entered their pleas Thursday.
The Flakes were acting as caretakers at the dog-boarding facility in Gilbert where the dogs died June 20 of heat exhaustion in an 8- by 12-foot room.
Logan Flake is the daughter of the facility’s owners, Jesse Todd Hughes and Maleisa Maurine Hughes, who were away at the time. Jesse and Maleisa Hughes are also charged in the case and have already pleaded not guilty.
The Hughes have said the animals died of heat exhaustion June 20 in an 8- by 12-foot room because one dogchewed through the air conditioner’s power cord after the caretakers left the facility for the night.
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As I understand, the intent here is the issue. Nobody denies that the dogs died in pretty miserable fashion.
What is interesting is the “fraudulent schemes and artifices” charge. The dogs overheated and suffocated in a glorified closet. How could you not be aware of the danger of the slumber chamber or that they had misrepresented the care plan and facilities to the dog owners?
I wonder if they got tips on how to TAKE care of the dogs from mike phuckabee’s son , since he also knows how to TAKE care of dogs in that good ole chrisitian way they have
Elaborate please, do not know what you are talking about. Obviously worse than Romney’s rooftop dog kennel and probably Mike Vick’s dog training methods.
I’m just happy to know we may finally get to the bottom of the rumors regarding Stan Laurel’s love child…
Looking at the son I now know what Shaggy and Maynard G Krebs would look like with out their facial hair…