- North Carolina, USA -
The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office charged 31-years-old TIMOTHY ELISHA KING (pictured), of Winston-Salem, with felony cruelty to animals.
In a news release, the sheriff’s office said that on November 15, 2022,a concerned citizen alerted deputies to “a dog possibly being tethered in the backyard of a residence.”
A deputy assigned to the sheriff’s office’s Animal Services Division responded to the residence and met with KING, the dog’s guardian. KING told the deputy that the dog had died.
When the deputy was allowed into the backyard, he found “the body of a large brown and white dog, still tethered to a cable attached to a clothesline post,” stated the release.
The deputy seized the furbaby’s body to be sent to the Northwestern Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab for a necropsy. The sheriff’s office said that results “determined that the dog likely died of starvation.” The sheriff’s office also explained that the initial necropsy lab results have been submitted to a veterinarian who specializes in forensic examination to determine the extent of the conditions which led to the death of the dog.
KING is charged with one count of felony cruelty to animals for causing the dog to be tortured, mutilated, maimed, cruelly beaten, disfigured, poisoned, or killed and one misdemeanor count of restraining a dog by using a tether.
KING appeared before a Magistrate and received a $5,000 unsecured bond.
According to online records, he is expected back in court on the morning of Thursday, January 5, 2023.
Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr. said: “There is a correlation between how a community cares for its animals and how we care for one another. We must always protect those who cannot look after themselves. Here at the FCSO, we will always care for, show compassion to, and fight for those who cannot do so for themselves, whether they are two-legged or four-legged members of our community.”
The sheriff’s office said the investigation is ongoing.
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