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Jul 223 min read

EDWARD ANDREW SCHULEY accused of murdering the cat of the friend he was staying with

Updated: Jul 27

- Indiana, USA -

 

36-year-old EDWARD ANDREW SCHULEY (pictured) is facing charges for murdering a defenseless cat.

 

According to the probable cause affidavit provided to Voice For Us by the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, on July 8, 2024, Patrolman Lawson with the Jeffersonville Police Department was dispatched to a residence on 1315 E. Court Avenue in reference to a report of animal cruelty causing death.

 

Upon arrival, he spoke with the reporting party, that I will refer to as Ms. A., and learned that Ms. A.'s 8-year-old female cat named FatFat had been killed by SCHULEY.

 

Ms. A. explained that she had met SCHULEY in March of this year and he asked her if he could stay at her apartment for a few days. Ms. A. offered him hospitality starting from July 5, 2024. She told Patrolman Lawson that FatFat "feared [the] guest and would hide anytime she saw Edward." Ms. A. added that "at no time did her cat ever harm or attack Edward when he was staying."

 

On the afternoon of July 7, 2024, Ms. A. left the apartment to go to the store and when she returned, she noticed some blood on SCHULEY's right hand. She asked him what happened and he answered he had cut himself with his pocketknife. Ms. A. had no reason to doubt him because she knew he carried a pocketknife, so she believed him.

 

In the evening, before going to bed, Ms. A. could not find FatFat and SCHULEY said that she was probably hiding or playing outside.

 

When Ms. A. woke up the following morning she went outside and started looking for FatFat but could not find her anywhere. At some point that morning, SCHULEY left to go to mandated court rehab and Ms. A. was still outside searching for FatFat.


When she went back to the apartment, she noticed dry blood on the wall above her couch. She then moved the couch and found more blood on the floor. Ms. A. had a camera in her living room facing the couch, so she took her phone and reviewed security footage. The video showed SCHULEY striking FatFat, wrapping her in a blanket, and taking her to the kitchen.

 

After watching the video Ms. A. decided to look inside her garbage can outside at the rear of her apartment and when she opened it, she found FatFat lifeless under a box.

 

Patrolman Lawson reported that when he watched the video, he saw SCHULEY reaching behind the couch to grab FatFat who could be heard hissing. He put her into the blanket and tied a knot while FatFat’s legs were hanging out of the blanket.

 

Ms. A. had placed FatFat in a box and showed her to Patrolman Lawson. FatFat had injuries to the right side of her little face and mouth area. Ms. A. confirmed FatFat did not have these injuries prior to the incident.

 

SCHULEY was brought into Clark County Circuit Court in handcuffs on Friday, July 19, 2024.

He is facing one felony count of animal cruelty.

 

Court records show four future dates for the murderer. August 19, 2024 (Pretrial Conference), September 19, 2024 (Status Conference), November 4, 2024 (Final PreTrial Hearing/Conference), and November 21, 2024 (Jury Trial).

 

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Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the probable cause affidavit 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.

 


SCHULEY’s mugshot provided to Voice For Us by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office



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Jul 124 min read

JOEDARRYL L. MCBRIDE charged after eight dogs used for fighting removed from his home

- Indiana, USA -

 

32-year-old JOEDARRYL L. MCBRIDE (pictured), is scheduled to appear in Allen County Superior Court on July 12, 2024, to face dogfighting charges among other offenses.

 

According to the Probable Cause Affidavit obtained by Voice For Us, on February 18, 2024, the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a domestic dispute call and since the caller said that she wanted to surrender eight Pitbulls, Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control (FWACC) Officer Werling and Officer Speer also responded to the scene.

 

Officers learned from the caller that MCBRIDE had hit her in the mouth and fled the scene.

 

The caller told Officers that MCBRIDE had been fighting dogs and training them in the home.

 

The Affidavit identified the dogs found at the home as:

 

3-month-old tan female Pitbull mix named Daisy

3-month-old tan female Pitbull mix named Princess

3-month-old black and white male Pitbull mix named Ray

3-month-old black and white male Pitbull mix named Ruthless

2-year-old tan female Pitbull mix named Eve

2-yearold tan female Pitbull mix named Queen

2-year-old tan male Pitbull mix named Debo

2-year-old black and white male Pitbull mix named Katos

 

The caller went on to tell Officers that MCBRIDE had been actively training the dogs and entering them in dogfights but she could not provide the dates of the fights and where they took place. She then showed the Officers a photo on her phone of one of the dogs that MCBRIDE had fought who had been killed during a dogfight somewhere in Ohio. She added that MCBRIDE “normally takes the dogs to Michigan, Ohio and Atlanta for fights.”

 

Officer Werling asked the woman how she knew MCBRIDE was training the dogs to fight so she took all the Officers to the garage and showed them the training equipment.

 

Officers found a red harness hanging from a bicycle along with a metal spring with a rope and a hide attached. The woman then pointed to a metal chain hanging from the ceiling and stated that the chain in the ceiling is where MCBRIDE attached the metal spring with the rope and hide. She further said that MCBRIDE has a pole with a white T-Shirt on it that he uses with Katos. “do not wave a white t-shirt in front of Katos or he will attack and not let go”, she said.

 

The same day, Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control removed all eight dogs.

 

Officer Werling returned to the home the following day and asked the woman whether she had ever seen anything such as trophies, medication/feeding charts, lineage charts, etc. that MCBRIDE may have for the dogs. The woman answered that there were some “dog books” and advised Officer Werling that MCBRIDE self-medicates the dogs and that all the medication were in the refrigerator.

 

Officer Werling found a slew of medications, including prescription antibiotic injections only meant to be used for cattle and swine; “Muscle-up” supplements for horses; dewormer for goats; injectable penicillin and corticosteroids; prescription antibiotics, and several other kinds of medication like testosterone used as an anabolic steroid.

 

On February 20, 2024, Dr. Andrew Riebe, DVM completed an examination on all eight dogs and he concluded that all the skin injuries, lesions, wounds, and scars on the furvictims were “most consistent with a history of organized dog fighting.”

 

On February 21, 2024, MCBRIDE contacted Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control about the dogs.

He said that he was breeding dogs, that the items he had were for training, and that with multiple dogs in the home, altercations naturally happen. MCBRIDE also said that the dogs get aggressive when breeding. When MCBRIDE was asked about the injuries on the dogs, he claimed they “were from the dogs trying to remove themselves from their kennels” and added that when neighbors throw bones over the fence, the dogs “get territorial over food and that leads to altercations.”

 

On March 5, 2024, Daisy, Eve, Katos, Queen, Princess, Ray, and Ruthless were sadly euthanized.

According to the Affidavit, after the furvictims’ examination it was determined that they “could not be placed due to aggression resulting from coming from a dog fighting case and were heavily scarred.”

 

Debo was placed into the Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control Adoption Program where he was adopted into his forever home.

 

As stated in the Affidavit, it also emerged that on September 23, 2022, Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control responded to MCBRIDE’s home “after receiving a video of a dog fight with the Defendant in the video with a black dog and an injured brown dog. While doing a welfare check on the dogs in the home, FWACC was able to obtain photos of Katos at the time of that investigation and Katos did not have the bite wounds/scars that he did on February 18, 2024.”

 

On April 10, 2024, a warrant was issued for MCBRIDE’s arrest and he was taken into custody on April 30, 2024, on six felony counts of purchasing or possessing an animal for fighting and possession of animal fighting paraphernalia.

 

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Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the Probable Cause Affidavit 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.

 

 

MCBRIDE’s mugshot provided to Voice For Us by the Allen County Sheriff's Office




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Jul 114 min read

JACQUEL LEMAR WALKER accused of beating his two defenseless month-old puppies

Updated: Jul 16

- Indiana, USA -

 

28-year-old JACQUEL LEMAR WALKER (pictured) is facing two misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty for beating his two puppies.

 

According to the Probable Cause Affidavit obtained by Voice For Us, on May 27, 2023, Officer Werling with Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control (FWACC), responded to “an active malicious treatment complaint.” When Officer Werling arrived, Fort Wayne Police Department Officers were already at the scene speaking with the reporting parties, WALKER’s girlfriend and her mother.

 

The girlfriend advised Officers that WALKER “had been beating his two puppies.” The Affidavit identified the furvictims as a 4 ½-month-old female black Labrador mix named Coco and a 4 ½-month-old male black Labrador mix named Mook.

 

The girlfriend said that WALKER “had been consistently throwing, punching, and smacking Mook and Coco”, stated the Affidavit.

 

When Officer Werling asked the girlfriend whether she had seen WALKER abuse the puppies, the girlfriend answered that very day, she saw WALKER throw Mook off the back porch steps and that was “the last straw” for her. The girlfriend went on to say that neither she or WALKER “have been able to afford to purchase food for Mook and Coco, admitting the dogs were also not being fed on a regular basis.” The last time the poor souls had some food was the night before!

 

At that point, the girlfriend’s mother intervened to tell Officers that although she was not financially capable of providing for the puppies, she tried to help with food. She confirmed that Coco and Mook were not being fed regularly. The woman also stated that although she did not witness WALKER beating Coco and Mook that day, she heard them yelp out in pain.

 

While Officer Werling was speaking with the two women, Fort Wayne Police Officers were inside the home talking to WALKER. According to police, at one point WALKER led the Officers to the kennel housing Coco and Mook and when he lifted the blanket covering the kennel, “both puppies appeared to be cowering away from Walker.”

 

Officers reported that Coco and Mook “seemed to be genuinely terrified of Walker.” However, they were very friendly with the Officers. Even when Officer Werling entered the home, Coco and Mook were roaming free at that point, they did not hesitate to approach her and kept avoiding WALKER.

 

Officer Werling began to pet Coco and she noticed “what appeared to be scleral hemorrhaging in her eyes.”

 

According to the Affidavit, the girlfriend “signed a release to allow FWACC to take the puppies into protective custody.”

 

Coco and Mook were then taken to Northeast Indiana Emergency and Specialty Hospital (NIVES) to complete an initial cruelty exam. Dr. Kathleen Whittington, DVM, reported that Coco appeared to have evidence of ocular trauma and front limb lameness.

 

Following this report, Officer Werling telephoned the girlfriend to clarify which puppy WALKER had thrown off the steps. The girlfriend said that WALKER used both hands to pick up Mook by the neck, raised him to approximately shoulder height and then threw him off the porch. She also said that WALKER had done the same thing with Coco but she did not see it happen that day.

 

The girlfriend advised Officer Werling that she and WALKER “tried to surrender Mook and Coco to a shelter in Ohio, but the shelter would not take either puppy because Mook had a broken paw.” The girlfriend further advised that she did not know that Mook had a broken paw.

 

After an initial examination conducted by Dr. Whittington, Coco and Mook underwent tests with Dr. Andrew Riebe, DVM and were X-rayed.

 

With regard to Mook, Dr. Riebe found “multiple rib fractures at different stages of healing”, indicating that he suffered a minimum of two separate occasions of severe blunt force trauma.

 

Çoco's exam was indicative of blunt force trauma which resulted in injury at minimum to her right eye, right thoracic front limb, and left dorsal-lateral trunk.

The findings indicated that that the injury to the right eye was not the only injury suffered by Coco and that multiple areas of her body had been traumatized.

 

More information also emerged from Coco’s blood test. Results showed supranormal creatine kinase (CK) serum level, a strong indicator of skeletal muscle injury, as well as persistently increased CK level at minimum 72 hours after the traumatic event occurred.  This indicates that the severe skeletal muscle injury likely occurred at the time of the trauma.

 

On May 30, 2024, the girlfriend called Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control to inquire about the results of Coco and Mook’s medical examinations. A member of staff asked her whether she was planning on claiming the puppies when FWACC was done with their investigation, and she said the puppies could not stay with her because WALKER would keep beating them. She wanted the puppies adopted into good homes.

 

On July 9, 2024, Allen County Prosecutor Michael McAlexander filed an Affidavit for Probable Cause which was examined by the Court and a warrant was issued for WALKER’s arrest for two counts of abandoned or neglected animal.

 

Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control tells me that Coco and Mook, now named Duke, were adopted in June 2023. The agency kindly provided me with their pictures.

 

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Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the Probable Cause Affidavit 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.

 

 

WALKER’s mugshot provided to Voice For Us by the Allen County Sheriff’s Department




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