- Ohio, USA -
NO JUSTICE FOR DAISY MAE!!!
On Monday, November 30, 54-year-old CASSANDRA SMITH (pictured below), was back in court for sentencing before judge JEFFREY L. REED.
Judge REED was limited in his sentencing choices.
SMITH will not go to prison even though she allowed her dog to starve to death!
SMITH’s charge is not considered a violent crime by the legislature, and Judge REED cannot give her prison time because of the T-CAP program.
The county receives grant money when they can avoid sending people to prison who commit non-violent fifth-degree felonies.
Translated, SMITH will only spend 25 days in jail. She will then be on probation for two years, and she will complete 40 hours of community service.
SMITH had pleaded no contest to one count of cruelty to companion animals, a fifth-degree felony charge, and on October 26, she was found guilty.
On July 3, 2020, a female black Labrador was removed from SMITH’s residence and was rushed to the Kessen Veterinary Clinic in Delphos.
The furbaby, named Sydney, was renamed Daisy Mae by the Ohio SPCA.
Daisy Mae was a skeleton weighing only 33-pounds against a 60-pounds weight of a healthy dog.
Speaking at the time, Allen County Chief Humane Agent Nick Marando said: “She was so dehydrated that the veterinarian could not draw blood from her veins.”
All the people involved in saving this precious life hoped and prayed to give her a second chance in life and at some point it seemed that it was going to happen because Daisy Mae started gaining weight.
Sadly on July 12, Daily Mae had to be euthanized and Jason Asaro, Ohio SPCA shelter manager said: “We really thought this sweet dog was going to make it. Losing her is just so heartbreaking.”
CASSANDRA SMITH was arrested on August 16, 2020, but she posted bond and was released on August 20.
SMITH told the judge: “We thought maybe she had worms. So we treated her for that and then she kept gaining weight and then she’d lose it again. And she’d gain it and she’d lose it.”
Assistant Allen County Prosecutor Rebecca King-Newman then rightfully told the judge: “That tells me when Ms. Smith noticed this dog was starting to lose weight, the dog likely stopped eating. And she had several months to do absolutely anything to help this dog. But when asked, she said it never crossed her mind to take the dog somewhere.”
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