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YER VANG and CHUE LONG YANG arrested-Hundreds of abused animals removed from a Grady County property

- Oklahoma, USA -


On December 11, 2024, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) assisted the Grady County Sheriff’s Office with the rescue of hundreds of animals from a multi-species cruelty case.


It started out as an investigation that the sheriff’s office launched back in October 2024, into a possible illegal marijuana grow at a property on County Road 1430 in Ninnekah.

Grady County Sheriff Gary Boggess dispatched his narcotic unit but what investigators discovered was a much more distressing reality.


Sheriff Boggess said the approximately four acres property was covered in animals who were all in poor condition.

Cats, companion birds, dogs, fish, goats, and a pig were found to be severely neglected.


Investigators then executed a search and seizure warrant. Responders and veterinarians from Operation Kindness and Black Beauty Ranch, which is a Humane Society of the United States sanctuary, also assisted on-scene.


In a press release, HSUS said that when law enforcement and rescuers arrived on scene, “temperatures were below freezing.” Officials were “greeted by shivering rottweilers, shih tzus and pit bull-type dogs, chained and tethered outdoors with inadequate protection from the elements and no apparent access to food or water.”


Most of the cats and dogs were underweight, with protruding hips and rib bones, and several dogs had untreated injuries.


The press release further stated that the pig had no apparent access to food or water, and the goats had water “but it was frozen solid.”


In an outdoor pool there were over twenty koi, but with the water being so murky, they were not visible to rescuers upon initial inspection. Throughout the property and the garage, officials also found various types of smaller fish.


According to HSUS, “Companion birds including parrots, parakeets and finches were inside a garage in filthy, barren cages with no environmental enrichment. Veterinarians immediately noted one of the parrots had large patches of missing feathers, apparently self-inflicted and likely due to boredom and stress.”


In an outbuilding on the property, officials found caged roosters and hens. More of them were also found in makeshift pens. The HSUS explained that these animals were “identified as gamefowl, a term used to describe birds raised for the purposes of fighting and selectively bred to be aggressive with other birds.”

Veterinarians noted that many of the game fowl were underweight and suffering from apparent neglect.


According to court records, although investigators spent weeks trying to get 38-year-old YER VANG and 41-year-old CHUE LONG YANG (both pictured), to follow a veterinarian’s recommendations, they disregarded the advice.


The cats, companion birds, dogs, fish, goats and the pig were removed from the property and taken to undisclosed locations to receive in-depth veterinary exams and much-needed care.

THE HSUS said that “due to the risk of spreading infectious diseases to commercial flocks and lack of placement options, gamefowl rescued from suspected cockfighting situations typically are not able to be adopted out.” In view of this, sadly, veterinarians on site euthanized the innocent hens and roosters.


VANG and YANG were arrested and charged with eighty-one felony counts of animal cruelty which also include owning birds for fighting. The pair’s five children were taken into state custody and VANG and YANG were additionally charged with child neglect. Sheriff Boggess said more charges are expected.


The duo are due in court in January 2025.


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Voice For Us Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the press release by the Humane Society of the United States. Please note that details may be removed or new information added should such sources report an update.

In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.


Mugshots shared from the Grady County Sheriff’s Office


Pictures shared from the Humane Society of the United States




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Aug 83 min read

TYLER ANSON WAYMAN arrested for dragging his ex-girlfriend’s dog behind his truck

Updated: Aug 9

- Oklahoma, USA -

 

The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year-old TYLER ANSON WAYMAN (pictured).

 

On June 29, 2024, Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office Lt. J. Hutton, received information from WAYMAN’s ex-girlfriend, whom I will refer to as Ms. T., about wanting to report an animal abuse incident that happened in March, so Lt. Hutton met with her.

 

Ms. T. recounted the facts prior to the incident and said that on March 20, 2024, she and WAYMAN had gone to the lake in the Toppers Area and she brought her dog along. The report obtained by Voice For Us identified the dog as Rebel. The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office tells me that Rebel is 5 years old.

 

Ms. T. explained to Lt. Hutton that she had taught Rebel how to open water bottles and while in the truck, Rebel opened one and dropped some water in the back seat.

 

WAYMAN and Ms. T. got into an argument and according to her, he was “intoxicated” and when she told him that she wanted to break up with him, he became really angry, told her to get out of the vehicle and “roughly” dragged Rebel out of the vehicle.

 

At that point, WAYMAN tied Rebel’s leash to the tailgate of the truck, got back in the vehicle and began to drive with Rebel tied up. Ms. T. believed Rebel was dragged for about 50 yards. As Rebel was being dragged, Ms. T. chased WAYMAN and yelled at him that Rebel was being pulled so WAYMAN stopped the truck and Ms. T. was able to check on Rebel’s condition.

 

Rebel had blood on her paws,  was whining and limping and could not hold herself up.

According to the report, WAYMAN said: “I am gonna get in so much trouble, your mom is gonna kill me.” He also said: “Just say we forgot about her or just say she jumped out of the truck or something.”

 

WAYMAN then told Ms. T. to get back in the truck and he would check on Rebel. Instead, after she got into the vehicle, he got into it too, and again, he drove with Rebel still tied to the tailgate. At that point, Ms. T. reached over WAYMAN and “forced the truck into the park position, stopping the vehicle”, said the sheriff’s office.

 

That upset WAYMAN who then told Ms. T. that she would “pay for it.”

After Ms. T. repeated that she wanted to break up, WAYMAN drove the truck for about thirty seconds before stopping.

 

Ms. T. called some relatives and  they took Rebel to Pryor Veterinary Hospital South in Wagoner. WAYMAN went along and Ms. T. lied about what happened to Rebel because WAYMAN had asked her to and she was afraid of what he might do if she told the truth. So, Ms. T. told the vet that Rebel had jumped out of the truck.

The vet told Ms. T. that Rebel’s injuries were more consistent with being dragged due to the “road burns.”

 

When Lt. Hutton asked Ms. T. why she waited so long to report the abuse, she answered that she feared any retribution. At that point, Lt. Hutton reached out to a Wagoner County Investigator for assistance.

 

The investigator went to the location where the incident took place, took photographs, and measurements of the area. As reported in the press release by the sheriff’s office, “It was determined by an Investigator that the dog had been dragged a significant distance before being untied and put back into the vehicle.”

 

Following these findings, an arrest warrant was filed with the Wagoner County District Attorney’s Office against WAYMAN for felony cruelty to animals which was issued on July 23, 2024.

 

WAYMAN turned himself into the Wagoner County Detention Center on August 6, 2024, and was released after posting a $10,000 bond.

 

Court records show that WAYMAN will be arraigned on September 25, 2024, at 10:30 a.m.

  

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Voice For Us Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the press release by the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office. Please note that details may be removed or new information added should updates become available.

In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.

  

 

WAYMAN’s mugshot shared from the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office




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Aug 63 min read

DERRICK GLENN YOUNG accused of stealing a puppy and dragging him behind a bike causing him injuries

Updated: Aug 7

- Oklahoma, USA -

 

The Ardmore Police Department arrested 34-year-old DERRICK GLENN YOUNG (pictured).

 

On July 23, 2024, Officer O'Hanlon was on North Washington when he saw a male, later identified as YOUNG, riding a bike and dragging a small white dog on a leash behind the bike.

 

According to the report obtained by Voice For Us, “The dog appeared to be a puppy and appeared to be in distress.” The officer reported that the puppy was trying his best “to keep from being dragged.”

 

While Officer O'Hanlon fought against traffic trying to catch up with YOUNG, he saw that several times the leash would get tight, and the puppy would stumble forward to stay on his feet. Furthermore, according to Officer O'Hanlon, YOUNG “never looked back to check on the dog.”

 

Eventually, the officer was able to stop YOUNG at the intersection of 8th and A NE.

 

The puppy was sitting down panting very hard and holding his back paws up by using the back elbows. His feet were shaking as if in lots of pain and were dripping blood on the roadway. The outside temperature was in the low 90’s so the road was still hot to the touch.

Officer O'Hanlon reported that when he looked at the puppy’s feet, he saw that “on the back feet the skin was worn off and that was where the blood was coming from. The pads on all four feet were swollen, hot and very hard due to the trauma and hot pavement. When I pushed on the front pad, the puppy cried out in pain.” Officer O’Hanlon then told YOUNG to take the puppy across the street to the shade and YOUNG was going to make the puppy walk across so the officer made him carry the puppy.

 

Officer O’Hanlon retrieved a bottle of water and gave some to the puppy who was understandably eager to drink. “As soon as he finished, he lay on his side and stretched his feet out and tried to sleep”, stated the report.

 

The officer then called in Animal Control so they could take the puppy to the animal shelter.

 

When the officer told YOUNG that he was going to take the puppy, YOUNG did not seem to care and said that he had gotten the puppy the night before.

 

A couple of hours after Animal Control had picked up the puppy, Officer O’Hanlon went to the shelter to check on him and learned from staff that the pup had already been returned to his guardian whom I will refer to as Ms. C.

 

Reportedly, Ms. C. had adopted the puppy from the shelter on June 4, 2024, after he was born on March 31, 2024.

 

Staff at the shelter told Officer O’Hanlon that Ms. C. called them on July 22, 2024, and asked them whether her puppy was there because he was no longer in her backyard.

Thankfully, when the puppy was bought to the shelter by  Animal Control, staff called Ms. C. at work to give her the good news so she took off work and went to pick her furbaby up.

 

In a written statement provided to the police, Ms. C. said that on the afternoon of July 22, 2024, she put the puppy in the backyard to play and when she went to check on him after about 30 to 45 minutes, he was gone. She checked the gate and the fence and could not figure out how he had gotten out. The gate was shut and there were no holes in the fence.

 

The Carter County District Attorney’s Office has filed against YOUNG one felony count of cruelty to animals and one felony count of grand larceny.

 

The Ardmore Police Department kindly provided me with the puppy’s pictures whom they referred to as Binder.

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Disclaimer: This story is sourced from official documents provided to Voice For Us. Please note that details may be removed or new information added should updates become available.

In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.

 

 

YOUNG’s mugshot provided to Voice For Us by the Carter County Sheriff's Office.




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