- Indiana, USA -
On December 19, 2021, Rising Sun Police Officers were dispatched to a home on Burgess Avenue regarding an issue involving a dog.
No one was home but in the backyard officers found a white, gray, and black Shepard mix.
Eagle Country reports that the dog was secured by a stake, chain, and training collar known as a “pincher or prong collar.”
Officers reported the pincher collar was extremely tight around the furbaby’s neck, and there was a padlock securing the chain to the collar.
On the dog’s neck there were visible open wounds as the pincher collar prongs were facing inward and embedded into the dog's neck.
After a search warrant was issued by the Ohio County Circuit Court, the VOICELESS VICTIM was removed from the home and was taken to the Ohio County Animal Shelter to be treated by Dr. Rachel Low.
According to Eagle Country, “Dr. Low told police that the ‘prong collar’ is for training purposes and should only be worn for the duration of a training session.”
Dr. Low explained to police that the dog had to be sedated and placed under anesthesia as each prong (approximately 1" long) had to be removed one at a time because they were embedded in the skin. Additionally, according to Dr. Low, the scarring between the wounds, indicated the collar had been worn for a long period of time.
A search warrant was also issued for the seizure and search of cellular phones belonging to
LANA CHANDLER and ADAM CONRAD (both pictured below).
According to the probable cause affidavit, CHANDLER’s phone contained a text conversation with CONRAD regarding the dog's condition.
The same conversation, however, was not in CONRAD’s phone.
Since CONRAD was not present when CHANDLER’s phone was confiscated, investigators believed that CONRAD was expecting his phone to be seized also, and intentionally deleted the conversation.
CHANDLER and CONRAD have been charged with cruelty to an animal (torture), a Level 6 Felony.
CONRAD is also facing a charge of obstruction of justice (Level 6 Felony).
As reported by Eagle Country, the pair made their initial appearance in Ohio Circuit Court last week.
I have emailed the relevant authorities requesting additional information about the case.
If I get a response, I will post an update.
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By the looks of the couple chandler & conrad, this may not be their first rodeo! I’m so glad this precious soul was removed from these monsters. Wonder how they would feel if pronged collars were strapped around their fat necks! Get better Blessed Soul.